Neuroprotective effects of estradiol on motoneurons in a model of rat spinal cord embryonic explants

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-432

  Cardona Rossinyol, Andrea ^a   Mir, Margalida ^a   Caraballo Miralles, Víctor ^a   Lladó, Jerònia ^a   Olmos, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Motoneuron; Proinflammatory cytokines; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPLANT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYTOPROTECTION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84876692383     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-013-9908-9     Document Type: Article

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