Estrogen affects levels of Bcl-2 protein and mRNA in medial amygdala of ovariectomized rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3655-3664

  Fan, Lu ^a,b   Pandey, Subhash C ^a,b   Cohen, Rochelle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bcl 2; Estrogen; Immunocytochemical studies; In situ RT PCR; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPROTECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 59449094490     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21801     Document Type: Article

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