Effects of progesterone on the inflammatory response to brain injury in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 1008, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-39

  Grossman, Kimberly J ^a,c   Goss, Cynthia W ^a,d   Stein, Donald G ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Disorders of the nervous system; Edema; Microglia; Neuronal survival; Progesterone; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; ECTODYSPLASINS; EDEMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842664453     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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