The case for progesterone

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1052, Issue , 2005, Pages 152-169

  Stein, Donald G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain damage; Hormone therapy; Menopause; Neurosteroids; Progesterone; Recovery

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROGESTERONE;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; SENESCENCE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 25144525563     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1347.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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