Effect of estrogen on the expression of occludin in ovariectomized mouse brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 30-34

  Kang, Han S ^a   Ahn, Hae S ^a   Kang, Hee J ^a   Gye, Myung C ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain; Estrogen; Mouse; Occludin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; OCCLUDIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; OVARIECTOMY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646785397     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.052     Document Type: Article

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