Estrogen and the male hippocampus: Genetic variation in the aromatase gene predicting serum estrogen is associated with hippocampal gray matter volume in men

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-121

  Bayer, Janine ^a   Rune, Gabriele ^a   Kutsche, Kerstin ^a   Schwarze, Ulrike ^a   Kalisch, Raffael ^a   Büchel, Christian ^a   Sommer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Neuroprotection; Neurosteroids; Sex steroids; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872718256     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22059     Document Type: Article

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