Estrogen, neuroprotection and neurogenesis after ischemic stroke

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-198

  Shao, Bei ^a   Cheng, Yifan ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^b,c  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Ischemia; Neurogenesis; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTRONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30;

BRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENCEPHALITIS; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; STROKE;

EID: 84857135222     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945012799201702     Document Type: Review

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