Cuprizone induces similar demyelination in male and female C57BL/6 mice and results in disruption of the estrous cycle

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 391-402

  Taylor, Lorelei C ^a,b   Gilmore, Wendy ^c   Ting, Jenny P Y ^a,b   Matsushima, Glenn K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Gender; Myelin; Oligodendrocyte; Sex

Indexed keywords

CUPRIZONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CHELATING AGENTS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CUPRIZONE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITALIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROGLIA; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 74049160870     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22215     Document Type: Article

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