Neuroinflammation induces glial aromatase expression in the uninjured songbird brain

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Duncan, Kelli A ^a   Saldanha, Colin J ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Cytokine; Estrogen; Glia; Neuroinflammation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; GLIAL AROMATASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROINFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FINCH; GENETICS; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL DEATH; ENCEPHALITIS; ESTROGENS; FINCHES; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS;

EID: 79960564238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-8-81     Document Type: Article

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