Glia-neuron crosstalk in the neuroprotective mechanisms of sex steroid hormones

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-286

  Garcia Ovejero, Daniel ^a   Azcoitia, Iñigo ^b   DonCarlos, Lydia L ^c   Melcangi, Roberto C ^d   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Estradiol; Microglia; Oligodendroglia; Peripheral type benzodiazepine receptor; Progesterone; Schwann cells; Steroidogenesis; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; AROMATASE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME MECHANISM; GLIA CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MACROGLIA; MICROGLIA; MYELINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SLEEP; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 17844407395     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.12.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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