Long-term ovarian hormone deprivation alters the ability of subsequent oestradiol replacement to regulate choline acetyltransferase protein levels in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of middle-aged rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1023-1027

  Bohacek, J ^a   Bearl, A M ^b   Daniel, J M ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; ChAT; Cholinergic; Oestrogen; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESISTANCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERAPY DELAY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 48049090060     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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