Progesterone treatment of spinal cord injury: Effects on receptors, neurotrophins, and myelination

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-16

  De Nicola, Alejandro F ^a,b   Gonzalez, Susana L ^a,b   Labombarda, Florencia ^a,b   Deniselle, Maria Claudia González ^a,b   Garay, Laura ^a,b   Guennoun, Rachida ^c   Schumacher, Michael ^c  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Chromatolysis; Myelin basic protein; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTONEURON; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PERIKARYON; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33646867634     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:28:1:3     Document Type: Review

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