Estrogen is not neuroprotective in a rodent model of optic nerve stroke

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 1920-1925

  Bernstein, Steven L ^a   Mehrabyan, Zara ^a   Guo, Yan ^a   Moianie, Nima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN EXPRESSED TRANSCRIPT 1 PROTEIN; FLUOROGOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEREOLOGY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INFARCTION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 35448976968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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