17β-estradiol attenuates quinolinic acid insult in the rat hippocampus

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 187-198

  Heron, Paula ^a   Daya, Santy ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Glutamate binding; NMDA receptor; Quinolinic acid

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALCIUM; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OLIVE OIL; PHOSPHATE; QUINOLINIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; RECEPTORS, N METHYL D ASPARTATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BINDING COMPETITION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SWELLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034747419     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012593027961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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