Effects of estrogen and aging on the synaptic distribution of phosphorylated Akt-immunoreactivity in the CA1 region of the female rat hippocampus

Brain Research

Volumn 1379, Issue , 2011, Pages 98-108

  Yildirim, Murat ^a,b,e   Janssen, William G M ^a   Lou, W Y Wendy ^c   Akama, Keith T ^b   McEwen, Bruce S ^b   Milner, Teresa A ^b,d   Morrison, John H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Akt; Dendritic spine; Electron microscopy; Reproductive senescence; Signaling molecules; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN KINASE B;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 79952317054     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.07.053     Document Type: Article

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