Estrogen enhances neurogenesis and behavioral recovery after stroke

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-425

  Li, Jun ^a   Siegel, Matt ^a   Yuan, Mike ^b   Zeng, Zhiyuan ^b   Finnucan, Laura ^a   Persky, Rebecca ^a   Hurn, Patricia D ^c   McCullough, Louise D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatase; brain derived neurotrophic factor; estrogen receptor; middle cerebral artery occlusion; neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; DOUBLECORTIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; AROMATASE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 79551632878     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.181     Document Type: Article

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