Attenuation of corpus callosum axon myelination and remyelination in the absence of circulating sex hormones

Brain Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-475

  Patel, Rhusheet ^a   Moore, Spencer ^a   Crawford, Daniel K ^a   Hannsun, Gemmy ^a   Sasidhar, Manda V ^a   Tan, Kevin ^a   Molaie, Donna ^a   Tiwari Woodruff, Seema K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

compound action potential; corpus callosum; demyelination; estrogens; gonadectomy; remyelination; sex difference; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CUPRIZONE; ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OVARIECTOMY; REMYELINIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASTRATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CUPRIZONE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84879222195     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12029     Document Type: Article

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