Coumestrol has neuroprotective effects before and after global cerebral ischemia in female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1474, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-90

  Canal Castro, Cibele ^a   Pagnussat, Aline S ^c   Orlandi, Lenir ^a   Worm, Paulo ^a   Moura, Nathalia ^c   Etgen, Anne M ^b   Alexandre Netto, Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral global ischemia; Coumestrol; Delayed neuronal death; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

COUMESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COUMESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84865483542     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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