Estrogens and neuroprotection: Desperate housewives, lost, and survivor

Drug Development Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 51-52

  Howell, Neil ^a,b   Dykens, James ^c   Moos, Walter H ^d,e  

^a MIGENIX Corporation   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c EyeCyte Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33644835724     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: 10982299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20045     Document Type: Editorial

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