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Estrogen - Mystery Drug for the Brain? : the Neuroprotective Activities of the Female Sex Hormone /

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It is well known that estrogen is "somehow" a protective hormone for various age-related disorders. This book provides a solid knowledge of estrogen's neuroprotective activities in the brain with a special emphasis on neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease. The f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Behl, Christian
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2001.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Neurosciences.
Gynecology.
Neurology.
Pathology.
Biochemistry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Estrogen is a steroid
  • Estrogen acts via receptors
  • "Non-classical" activities of estrogen
  • General physiological activities of estrogen
  • Estrogen's actions in the brain
  • Protection of the brain by estrogen
  • Nerve cell protection by estrogen: molecular mechanisms
  • Outlook
  • References.