Androgenic regulation of the central glia response following nerve damage

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 560-573

  Jones, Kathryn J ^a,b   Coers, Susanna ^a,b   Storer, Paul D ^a,b   Tanzer, Lisa ^a,b   Kinderman, Nancy B ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Facial motoneuron; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Red nucleus; Sciatic motoneuron; Synaptic stripping; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; GLIA CELL; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033567837     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990915)40:4<560::AID-NEU11>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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