Gonadal steroid attenuation of developing hamster facial motoneuron loss by axotomy: Equal efficacy of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and 17-β estradiol

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 4004-4013

  Huppenbauer, Christopher B ^a,b   Tanzer, Lisa ^a   DonCarlos, Lydia L ^a   Jones, Kathryn J ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Development; Dihydrotestosterone; Estrogen; Motoneuron; Peripheral nerve injury; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXOTOMY; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CRICETINAE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MOTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 17644404017     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5279-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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