Positive effects of 17β-estradiol on insulin sensitivity in aged ovariectomized female rats

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-426

  Alonso, Ana ^a   Fernández, Rebeca ^a   Moreno, María ^a   Ordóñez, Patricia ^a   González Pardo, Héctor ^a   Conejo, Nélida M ^a   Díaz, Fernando ^a   González, Celestino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; PROBABILITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33646901560     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.5.419     Document Type: Article

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