Estrogen receptor β protects against acoustic trauma in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1563-1570

  Meltser, Inna ^a   Tahera, Yeasmin ^a   Simpson, Evan ^b   Hultcrantz, Malou ^c   Charitidi, Konstantina ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a   Canlon, Barbara ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL)PROPIONITRILE; AROMATASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROPIONITRILE; PROPYL (1H) PYRAZOLE 1,3,5 TRIYLTRISPHENOL; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COCHLEA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRILES;

EID: 41849150084     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI32796     Document Type: Article

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