Estrogens are neuroprotective factors for hypertensive encephalopathy

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-25

  Pietranera, Luciana ^a,b   Brocca, Maria Elvira ^a   Roig, Paulina ^a   Lima, Analia ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis Miguel ^c   De Nicola, Alejandro F ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Estradiol; Hypertensive rats; Neurogenesis, Astrogliosis, Growth factor; Neuroprotection; Spinogenesis; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; AROMATASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ASTROCYTOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; DENTATE HILUS; EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONG TERM CARE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; WISTAR KYOTO RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 84918585012     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.04.001     Document Type: Review

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