Estrogen receptors and ischemic neuroprotection: Who, what, where, and when?

Brain Research

Volumn 1514, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-122

  Schreihofer, Derek A ^a   Ma, Yulin ^b  

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

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebral ischemia; Critical period hypothesis; Estrogen receptor; Hormone therapy; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GLIA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NEUROPROSTANES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878498475     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.02.051     Document Type: Article

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