Aromatase expression in the normal and epileptic human hippocampus

Brain Research

Volumn 1315, Issue , 2010, Pages 41-52

  Yague, Josue G ^a,b   Azcoitia, Iñigo ^c   DeFelipe, Javier ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a   Muñoz, Alberto ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Epilepsy; Estradiol; Gliosis; Hippocampal sclerosis; Interneurons

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AROMATASE; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 75349105349     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.111     Document Type: Article

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