Steroids and glial cell function

GLIA

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 485-498

  Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a   Melcangi, Roberto C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Glucocorticoids; Pregnenolone; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN PBR; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC REGULATION; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MYELINATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS;

EID: 33748987380     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20404     Document Type: Review

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