Post-ischemic administration of progesterone in rats exerts neuroprotective effects on the hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 286-290

  Moralí, Gabriela ^a   Letechipía Vallejo, Graciela ^b   López Loeza, Elisa ^a   Montes, Pedro ^a   Hernández Morales, Lucía ^a   Cervantes, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

4VO; CA1; Global cerebral ischemia; Hippocampal pyramidal neurons; Neuroprotection; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROGESTERONE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 19544385112     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.066     Document Type: Article

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