Brain-derived estrogen exerts anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective actions in the rat hippocampus

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 84-91

  Zhang, Quan Guang ^a   Wang, Ruimin ^a,c   Tang, Hui ^a,c   Dong, Yan ^a   Chan, Alice ^a   Sareddy, Gangadhara Reddy ^b   Vadlamudi, Ratna K ^b   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^c HEBEI UNITED UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MISSENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AROMATASE; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL DEATH; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84901496600     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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