Estradiol: A hormone with diverse and contradictory neuroprotective actions

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-303

  Wise, Phyllis M ^a,b   Suzuki, Shotaro ^a   Brown, Candice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Brain injury; Cell death; Estradiol; Estrogen therapy; Immune system; Inflammation; Menopause; Neurogenesis; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GESTAGEN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL DEATH; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MENOPAUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; STROKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; STROKE;

EID: 70350161987     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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