Neuroprotection and estrogen receptors

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-130

  Simpkins, James W ^a   Singh, Meharvan ^a   Brock, Courtney ^a   Etgen, Anne M ^b  

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

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor alpha; Estrogen receptor beta; Estrogens; Neuroprotection; Nonfeminizing estrogens; Spinal cord injury; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA ANDROSTAN 3 ONE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; CATENIN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; GENISTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE MODEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART ARREST; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WILD TYPE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 84866533340     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338409     Document Type: Review

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