Steroid Effects on Glial Cells: Detrimental or Protective for Spinal Cord Function?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1007, Issue , 2003, Pages 317-328

  De Nicola, Alejandro F ^a   Labombarda, Florencia ^a   Gonzalez, Susana L ^a   Gonzalez Deniselle, Maria Claudia ^a   Guennoun, Rachida ^b   Schumacher, Michael ^b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Myelin basic protein; Neuroprotection; NG2 cells; Nitric oxide synthase; Oligodendrocytes; Progesterone; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENOMICS; GLIA CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RAT; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1342287963     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1286.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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