Neurosteroids modulate the reaction of astroglia to high extracellular potassium levels

GLIA

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 293-305

  Del Cerro, Sonia ^a   Garcia Estrada, Joaquin ^a,b   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

estradiol; glia; glial fibrillary acidic protein; gonadal hormones; potassium; Pregnenolone, dehydroepiandrosterone; progesterone; testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030472399     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199612)18:4<293::AID-GLIA4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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