Gender and estrogen manipulation do not affect traumatic brain injury in mice

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-215

  Bruce Keller, Annadora J ^a,b   Dimayuga, Filomena O ^a   Reed, Janelle L ^a   Wang, Chunmei ^a   Angers, Rachel ^a   Wilson, Melinda E ^a   Dimayuga, Vanessa M ^a   Scheff, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Inflammation; Neurodegeneration; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RODENT; SPLEEN CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL SEPARATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; OVARIECTOMY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 33846796429     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0163     Document Type: Article

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