Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate is neuroprotective when administered either before or after injury in a focal cortical cold lesion model

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 683-686

  Juhász Vedres, Gabriella ^a   Rózsa, Éva ^a   Rákos, Gabriella ^a   Dobszay, Márton B ^a   Kis, Zsolt ^a   Wölfling, János ^a   Toldi, József ^a   Párducz, Árpád ^b   Farkas, Tamás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; COPPER; ESTRADIOL; LETROZOLE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SLICE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; COLD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 30944447319     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0693     Document Type: Article

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