Androgens Protect against Apolipoprotein E4-Induced Cognitive Deficits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 5204-5209

  Raber, Jacob ^a,b,c   Bongers, Gerold ^a   LeFevour, Anthony ^a   Buttini, Manuel ^a   Mucke, Lennart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; apoE; Dihydrotestosterone; Hydroxyflutamide; Novel object recognition; Spatial learning and memory; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIANDROGEN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUTAMIDE; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; COGNITION; GENETICS; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037096337     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-12-05204.2002     Document Type: Article

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