Aging alters the expression of genes for neuroprotection and synaptic function following acute estradiol treatment

Hippocampus

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1047-1060

  Aenlle, Kristina K ^a   Foster, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hippocampus; Microarray; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; UBIQUITINATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CYTOPROTECTION; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956853391     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20703     Document Type: Article

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