Sex hormones and brain aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1623-1631

  Veiga, Sergio ^a   Melcangi, Roberto C ^b   DonCarlos, Lydia L ^c   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a   Azcoitia, Iñigo ^d  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estradiol; Neuroprotection; Peripheral type benzodiazepin receptors; Progesterone; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; AROMATASE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MYELIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLEIOTROPY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9644279925     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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