The synthetic estrogen 4-estren-3α,17β-diol (estren) induces estrogen-like neuroprotection
Estrogen has demonstrated neuroprotective properties, which may underlie the observed preventive effect of estrogen-based hormone therapy (HT) against the development of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Deleterious side effects of HT have increased efforts to develop saf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2005-06-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996105000264 |