Ovariectomy up-regulates neuronal neurofilament light chain mRNA expression with regional and temporal specificity

Neuroscience

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 629-637

  Vaucher, E ^a   Pierret, P ^a   Julien, J P ^a   Kuchel, G A ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Axonal cytoskeleton; Basal forebrain; Hormone replacement therapy; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABELING INDEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035925702     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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