Steroids and the reversal of age-associated changes in myelination and remyelination

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-56

  Ibanez, C ^b   Shields, S A ^a   El Etr, M ^b   Leonelli, E ^c   Magnaghi, V ^c   Li, W W ^a   Sim, F J ^a   Baulieu, E E ^b   Melcangi, R C ^c   Schumacher, M ^b   Franklin, R J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETIC CODE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 10744222690     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.09.002     Document Type: Review

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