Long-term deprivation of gonadal hormone accelerates brain aging in mice

Neurological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-49

  Hou, Yan ^a   Bao, Xiu Qi ^a   Wei, Huai Ling ^a   Luo, Yuan ^b,c   Liu, Geng Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Beta amyloid; Estrogen; Gonadectomy; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE 1; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; SEX HORMONE; TAU PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; GONAD; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHAM PROCEDURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 78651113543     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12700393823499     Document Type: Article

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