Increased aromatase expression in the hippocampus of spontaneously hypertensive rats: Effects of estradiol administration

Neuroscience

Volumn 174, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-159

  Pietranera, L ^a,b   Bellini, M J ^c,d   Arevalo M A ^d   Goya, R ^c   Brocca, M E ^a   Garcia Segura, L M ^d   De Nicola, A F ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Neuroprotection; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650932521     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.044     Document Type: Article

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