Different forms of oestrogen rapidly upregulate cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-166

  Barha, C K ^a   Lieblich, S E ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 oestradiol; 17 oestradiol; Cell proliferation; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampal neurogenesis; Oestrone

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; BROXURIDINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; FEMALE; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 60549115625     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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