Effect of progesterone, testosterone and their 5α-reduced metabolites on GFAP gene expression in type 1 astrocytes

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 10-15

  Melcangi, Roberto Cosimo ^a   Riva, Marco Andrea ^a,b   Fumagalli, Fabio ^a   Magnaghi, Valerio ^a   Racagni, Giorgio ^a   Martini, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Androgen; Astrocyte; Central nervous system; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Progestagen; Rat

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029916266     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01302-4     Document Type: Article

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