Re-opening the critical window for estrogen therapy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 16077-16093

  Bean, Linda A ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Rani, Asha ^a   Guidi, Mike ^b   Rosario, Awilda M ^a   Cruz, Pedro E ^a   Golde, Todd E ^a   Foster, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Noldus Information Technology bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; ER and ER ; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; NERVE PROTEIN; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPISODIC MEMORY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OVARIECTOMY; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPATIAL MEMORY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84949575728     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1890-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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