Estrogen receptor α and its splice variants in the hippocampus in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1670-1681

  Ishunina, Tatjana A ^a,b   Fischer, David F ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b KURSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Aromatase; Estrogen receptor ; Hippocampus; Neuronal metabolic activity; Splice variants

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; NUCLEOTIDE; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEX RATIO; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASE SEQUENCE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34548536149     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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