Expression of estrogen receptor (ER) α and β in mouse cerebral cortex: Effect of age, sex and gonadal steroids

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 880-887

  Sharma, P K ^a   Thakur, M K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen receptor and ; Gonadal steroids; Mouse cerebral cortex; Protein; Sex

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33746304160     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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