Progesterone and its derivatives dihydroprogesterone and tetrahydroprogesterone reduce myelin fiber morphological abnormalities and myelin fiber loss in the sciatic nerve of aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 853-860

  Azcoitia, Iñigo ^a   Leonelli, Emanuela ^b   Magnaghi, Valerio ^b   Veiga, Sergio ^c   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^c   Melcangi, Roberto C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 Androstan 3 ,17 diol; Aging; Dihydroprogesterone; Dihydrotestosterone; Myelin; Progesterone; Sciatic nerve; Testosterone; Tetrahydroprogesterone

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; MYELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0041405983     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(02)00234-8     Document Type: Article

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