Ovariectomy and 17β-estradiol replacement play a role on the expression of Endonuclease-G and phosphorylated cyclic AMP response element-binding (CREB) protein in hippocampus

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 227-233

  Dos Santos Pereira, Renato Tavares ^a   Porto, Catarina Segreti ^b   Abdalla, Fernando Maurício Francis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; AIF; CREB; Cytochrome C; Endonuclease G; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; ENDONUCLEASE G; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

17Β-ESTRADIOL; AIF; CREB; CYTOCHROME C; ENDONUCLEASE-G; HIPPOCAMPUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROMES C; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84886256317     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.09.037     Document Type: Article

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