Inhibition of injury-induced glial aromatase reveals a wave of secondary degeneration in the songbird brain

GLIA

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-105

  Wynne, Ryan D ^a   Walters, Bradley J ^a   Bailey, David J ^a   Saldanha, Colin J ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estrogen; Gliosis; Necrosis; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; FADROZOLE; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; GLIOSIS; MALE; MAMMAL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FADROZOLE; FINCHES; GLIOSIS; KETAMINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 36448947530     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20594     Document Type: Article

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