De Novo Synthesized Estradiol Protects against Methylmercury-Induced Neurotoxicity in Cultured Rat Hippocampal Slices

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Yamazaki, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto, Megumi ^b   Ishihara, Yasuhiro ^a   Komatsu, Shota ^a   Munetsuna, Eiji ^a   Onizaki, Masahiro ^a   Ishida, Atsuhiko ^a   Kawato, Suguru ^c   Mukuda, Takao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84873543385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055559     Document Type: Article

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