Glucocorticoids modulate the NGF mRNA response in the rat hippocampus after traumatic brain injury

Brain Research

Volumn 892, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 386-390

  Grundy, Paul L ^a   Patel, Nitin ^a   Harbuz, Michael S ^b   Lightman, Stafford L ^b   Sharples, Peta M ^a,b  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Fluid percussion; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus; NGF; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INJURIES; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035936948     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)03258-3     Document Type: Article

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