Effects of genistein on hippocampal neurodegeneration of ovariectomized rats

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-112

  Xu, Jie ^a   Zhu, Jianhua ^a   Shi, Chun ^a   Guo, Kaihua ^a   Yew, David T ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Calcium ions; Central neurodegeneration; Estrogen; Genistein; Learning and memory; MDA; SOD; Synaptosome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GENISTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RAT; SERUM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMORY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOSOMES;

RATTUS;

EID: 34248373221     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-007-0010-y     Document Type: Article

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