Effects of estrogen on intracellular signaling pathways linked to activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and on acetylcholinesterase activity in rat hippocampus

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1827-1834

  Pereira, Renato Tavares dos Santos ^a   Porto, Catarina Segreti ^b   Godinho, Rosely Oliveira ^b   Abdalla, Fernando Maurício Francis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Inositol phosphate; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBACHOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; METHOCTRAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PIRENZEPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 41949117872     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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