Differential role of gonadal hormones on kainic acid-induced neurodegeneration in medial amygdaloid nucleus of female and male rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 952-963

  Pereno, G L ^a,b   Beltramino, C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

epilepsy; hormones; neuronal death; neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; KAINIC ACID; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIFESPAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 70249094239     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.059     Document Type: Article

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