Progesterone enhances functional recovery after middle cerebral artery occlusion in male mice

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 805-813

  Gibson, Claire L ^a   Murphy, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Mouse; Progesterone; Recovery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING;

EID: 3042773856     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000125365.83980.00     Document Type: Article

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