Neuroprotection by Estrogen in Animal Models of Global and Focal Ischemia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1007, Issue , 2003, Pages 89-100

  Merchenthaler, Istvan ^a   Dellovade, Tammy L ^a   Shughrue, Paul J ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Estrogen receptor; Mouse; Rat; SERM; Stroke

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTRONE; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROGRANIN; RALOXIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STROKE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 1342330571     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1286.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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