Influence of estradiol on pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase activity in the frontal cortex of ovariectomized mice;Influencia del estradiol sobre la actividad piroglutamato aminopeptidasa en la corteza frontal de ratones ovaridectomizados

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 425-427

  Garcia M J ^a   Martinez Martos J M ^a   Mayas, M D ^a   Ramirez M ^a   Ramírez Expósito, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Frontal cortex; Mouse; Ovariectomy; Piroglutamyl aminopeptidase; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346488852     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3305.2001230     Document Type: Article

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