Estradiol treatment decreases cell proliferation in the neurogenic zones of adult female zebrafish (Danio Rerio) brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 277, Issue , 2014, Pages 306-320

  Makantasi, P ^a   Dermon, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active cell proliferation; BrdU immunofluorescence; Estradiol; Neurogenesis; Stereology; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH; BRDU ASSAY; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL SURVIVAL; DORSO LATERAL TELENCEPHALON; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PHENOTYPE; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TELENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84905397825     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.06.071     Document Type: Article

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