MicroRNAs in the aging female brain: A putative mechanism for age-specific estrogen effects

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2795-2806

  Rao, Yathindar S ^a   Mott, Natasha N ^a   Wang, Yanru ^a   Chung, Wilson C J ^b   Pak, Toni R ^a,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125A; MICRORNA 181A; MICRORNA 495; MICRORNA 7A; MICRORNA 9; MICRORNA 93P; SIRTUIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84880686392     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1230     Document Type: Article

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