Traumatized and inflamed - But resilient: Glial aromatization and the avian brain

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-215

  Duncan, Kelli A ^a   Walters, Bradley J ^b   Saldanha, Colin J ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Avian; Injury; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; ESTROGEN; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; AROMATIZATION; BIRD; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE CONTROL; GLIA CELL; MACROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPIL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; ENCEPHALITIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84872861901     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.026     Document Type: Review

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