Protection of androgen against hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonatal rats and possible mechanisms

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 441-446

  Li, Zhan Kui ^a   Feng, Jin Xing ^b   Zhao, Chun Yan ^c   Ke, Hua ^a   Shen, Ling ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Children's Hospital   (China)

^c Chuanbei Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen; Bax; Bcl 2; Hypoxic ischemic brain damage; MDA; Neonatal rats; SOD

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

EID: 33845877971     PISSN: 10088830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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