Colocalization and Alteration of Estrogen Receptor-α and -β in the Hippocampus in Alzheimer's Disease

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-280

  Lu, Ya Ping ^b   Zeng, Mei ^b   Swaab, Dick F ^b   Ravid, Rivka ^b   Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Fluorescence immunocytochemistry; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 1542510537     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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