Progesterone rapidly decreases brain edema: Treatment delayed up to 24 hours is still effective

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 246-251

  Roof, Robin L ^a,b   Duvdevani, Revital ^a   Heyburn, John W ^a   Stein, Donald G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029878565     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0063     Document Type: Article

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