Effects of estradiol on cognition and hippocampal pathology after lateral fluid percussion brain injury in female rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1814-1827

  Lebesgue, Diane ^a   LeBold, David G ^b   Surles, Nathan O ^c   Morales, Diego M ^b   Etgen, Anne M ^a   Zukin, M Suzanne ^a   Saatman, Kathryn E ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; In vivo studies; Learning and memory; Neuronal cell death; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PELLET; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN INJURIES; CASPASE 3; COGNITION; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33845959741     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1814     Document Type: Article

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