Effects of dihydrotestosterone on synaptic plasticity of hippocampus in male SAMP8 mice

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 778-785

  Li, Sha ^a   Kang, Lin ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Xie, Guosheng ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Cui, Huixian ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Castration; Dihydrotestosterone; Hippocampus; SAMP8; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; GLUN1 SUBUNIT CONTAINING N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CASTRATION; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; SAMP8; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORCHIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84879254140     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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