Neurosteroid modulation of embryonic neuronal survival in vitro following anoxia

Brain Research

Volumn 871, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-112

  Marx, Christine E ^a,b   Jarskog, L Fredrik ^a,b   Lauder, Jean M ^b   Gilmore, John H ^a,b   Lieberman, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Morrow, A Leslie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Allopregnanolone; Anoxia; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Neuron; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRADIOL; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EMBRYO; ESTRADIOL; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034648042     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02452-5     Document Type: Article

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