Estrogen receptor α and β immunoreactive neurons in normal adult and aged female rat hippocampus: A qualitative and quantitative study

Brain Research

Volumn 1056, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-35

  Mehra, Raj D ^a   Sharma, K ^a   Nyakas, C ^b   Vij, U ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aging; CA3 CA1; Co localization; Estrogen receptors and ; Immunohistochemistry; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 24044479046     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.073     Document Type: Article

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