An early treatment with 17-β-estradiol is neuroprotective against the long-term effects of neonatal ionizing radiation exposure

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 626-635

  Caceres, Lucila G ^a   Uran, Soledad L ^a   Zorrilla Zubilete, María A ^a   Romero, Juan I ^b   Capani, Francisco ^b   Guelman, Laura R ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiologicos Dr Alberto C Taquini   (Argentina)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; behavior; hippocampus; ionizing radiation; PKC; ROS

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IONIZING RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN KINASE C; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TIME; X-RAYS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79960560688     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07334.x     Document Type: Article

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