Therapeutic potential of neurogenesis for prevention and recovery from Alzheimer's disease: Allopregnanolone as a proof of concept neurogenic agent

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-190

  Brinton, Roberta Diaz ^a   Jun, Ming Wang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Alzheimer's disease; Cell cycle; Hippocampus; Neural stem cells; Neurogenesis; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROSTEROID; SOMATOMEDIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONVALESCENCE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; REGENERATION; REVIEW;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PREGNANOLONE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33745591621     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720506777632817     Document Type: Review

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