Neuroprotective actions of the synthetic estrogen 17α- Ethynylestradiol in the hippocampus

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 675-682

  Picazo, Ofir ^a   Becerril Montes, Adriana ^a   Huidobro Perez, Delia ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Excitotoxicity; Kainic acid; Neurodegeneration; Quinolinic acid; Reactive astroglia

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; QUINOLINIC ACID; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CYCLODEXTRINS; DENTATE GYRUS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77956265551     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9490-3     Document Type: Article

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