Effect of oestrogen receptor alpha and beta agonists on brain N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptors

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1006-1014

  Morissette, M ^a   Le Saux, M ^a   Di Paolo, Therese ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 oestradiol; DPN; Hippocampus; NMDA receptor; PPT

Indexed keywords

2,3 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL)PRORIONITRILE; 4,4',4'' [4 PROPYL (1H) PYRAZOLE 1,3,5 TRIYL]TRISPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

AFFINITY LABELING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NITRILES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOLS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; UTERUS;

EID: 48049094599     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01754.x     Document Type: Article

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