Estradiol and GPER activation differentially affect cell proliferation but not GPER expression in the hippocampus of adult female rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Duarte Guterman, Paula ^a   Lieblich, Stephanie E ^a   Chow, Carmen ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ESTRADIOL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; G1; G15; HORMONE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE DERIVATIVE; 1-(4-(6-BROMOBENZO(1,3)DIOXOL-5-YL)-3A,4,5,9B-TETRAHYDRO-3H-CYCLOPENTA(C)QUINOLIN-8-YL)ETHANONE; 4-(6-BROMO-1,3-BENZODIOXOL-5-YL)-3A,4,5,9B-3H-CYCLOPENTA(C)QUINOLINE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GPR30 PROTEIN, RAT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; AGONISTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BENZODIOXOLES; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOPENTANES; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; ORGAN SIZE; QUINOLINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84937057570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129880     Document Type: Article

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