Short- and long-term treatment with estradiol or progesterone modifies the expression of GFAP, MAP2 and Tau in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus

Life Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 123-128

  Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a   González Arenas, Aliesha ^a   Espinosa Raya, Judith ^b   Piña Medina, Ana Gabriela ^a   Picazo, Ofir ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Estradiol; GFAP; MAP2; Ovariectomy; Progesterone; Tau

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PROGESTERONE; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

RATTUS;

EID: 79959982606     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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