Sex- and age-dependent effects of androgens on glutamate-induced cell death and intracellular calcium regulation in the developing hippocampus

Neuroscience

Volumn 281, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-87

  Zup, S L ^a   Edwards, N S ^b   McCarthy, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Development; Dihydrotestosterone; Glutamate; Neuroprotection; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; PLASMA MEMBRANE CALCIUM ATPASE1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE 2; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SEX FACTOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84908079298     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.09.040     Document Type: Article

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