Mechanism of progesterone neuroprotection of rat cerebellar Purkinje cells following oxygen-glucose deprivation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2567-2574

  Ardeshiri, A ^a   Kelley, M H ^a   Korner, I P ^a   Hurn, P D ^a   Herson, P S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Excitotoxicity; GABAA receptor; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG METABOLITE; FINASTERIDE; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; PICROTOXIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROGESTERONE; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33750909432     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05142.x     Document Type: Article

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