Aromatase inhibitors induce spine synapse loss in the hippocampus of ovariectomized mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1153-1160

  Zhou, Lepu ^a   Fester, Lars ^a   Von Blittersdorff, Breda ^a   Hassu, Basel ^a   Nogens, Henning ^a   Prange Kiel, Janine ^b   Jarry, Hubertus ^c   Wegscheider, Karl ^a   Rune, Gabriele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LETROZOLE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; SPINOPHILIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINE; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 77149155316     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0254     Document Type: Article

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