Effect of estetrol administration on brain and serum allopregnanolone in intact and ovariectomized rats

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-290

  Pluchino, N ^b   Santoro, A N ^a   Casarosa, E ^a   Giannini, A ^a   Genazzani, A ^c   Russo, M ^a   Russo, N ^a   Petignat, P ^b   Genazzani, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Brain; Estetrol; SERMs

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTETROL; ESTRADIOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ELTANOLONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CLIMACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; ESTETROL; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANOLONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84901257764     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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