Progesterone up-regulates neuronal brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in the injured spinal cord

Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 605-614

  Gonzalez S L ^a,b   Labombarda, F ^a,b   Gonzalez Deniselle M C ^a,b   Guennoun, R ^c   Schumacher, M ^c   De Nicola, A F ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; ANOVA; BDNF; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Control; CTL; ILIGV area; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Inverse logarithm of grain intensity per area; ISH; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophins; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 1942456588     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.02.024     Document Type: Article

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