Expression pattern of Tau in the rat brain during pregnancy and the beginning of lactation

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 108-114

  González Arenas, Aliesha ^a   Piña Medina, Ana Gabriela ^a   González Flores, Oscar ^b   Gómora Arrati, Porfirio ^b   Carrillo Martínez, Graciela Elena ^a   Balandrán Ruíz, Marco Antonio ^a   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Lactation; Neuronal cytoskeleton; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Tau; Tau phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84866386351     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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