Estrogen receptor alpha deficiency protects against development of cognitive impairment in murine lupus

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cunningham, Melissa A ^a   Wirth, Jena R ^a   Freeman, Linnea R ^a   Boger, Heather A ^a   Granholm, Ann Charlotte ^a   Gilkeson, Gary S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor alpha (ER ); Microglia; Neuropsychiatric lupus (NP SLE)

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; DRUG PELLET; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PARIETAL CORTEX; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; REFERENCE MEMORY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TIGHT JUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 84924870670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-014-0171-x     Document Type: Article

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