Brain aromatase expression after experimental stroke: Topography and time course

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-91

  Carswell, H V O ^a   Dominiczak, A F ^b   Garcia Segura, L M ^c   Harada, N ^d   Hutchison, J B ^e   Macrae, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain damage; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Oestrogen; SHRSP; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STROKE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 23144445516     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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