17β-Estradiol treatment following permanent focal ischemia does not influence recovery of sensorimotor function

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 552-562

  Farr, Tracy D ^a   Carswell, Hilary V O ^a   Gallagher, Lindsay ^a   Condon, Barrie ^b   Fagan, Andrew J ^a   Mullin, Jim ^b   Macrae, I Mhairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Behavior; Recovery; Stroke; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; SYNTAXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PELLET EXTRUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROWTH CONE; METABOLISM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH CONES; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; QA-SNARE PROTEINS; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747151044     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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