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Neuroinflammation induces glial aromatase expression in the uninjured songbird brain

BACKGROUND: Estrogens from peripheral sources as well as central aromatization are neuroprotective in the vertebrate brain. Under normal conditions, aromatase is only expressed in neurons, however following anoxic/ischemic or mechanical brain injury; aromatase is also found in astroglia. This increa...

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Autores principales: Duncan, Kelli A, Saldanha, Colin J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21767382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-8-81