Aromatase distribution in the monkey temporal neocortex and hippocampus

Brain Research

Volumn 1209, Issue , 2008, Pages 115-127

  Yague, Josue G ^a,b   Wang, Athena Ching Jung ^a   Janssen, William G M ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^b   Azcoitia, Iñigo ^c   Morrison, John H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Interneuron; Neocortex; Pyramidal cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MONKEY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 42749092162     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.02.061     Document Type: Article

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