Microvascular changes in estrogen-α sensitive brainstem structures of aging female hamsters

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Gerrits, Peter O ^a   de Weerd, Henk ^a   van der Want, Johannes J L ^a   Kortekaas, Rudie ^a   Luiten, Paul G M ^b   Veening, Jan G ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Micro) vascular degeneration; Aging; Basement membrane; BBB; Endothelial cells; Gliosis; Pericyte; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN STEM; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL INCLUSION; COMMISSURAL NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT A2 GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PARARETROAMBIGUUS; OVARY CYCLE; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE DEGENERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN STEM; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVESSELS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 77954385819     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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