Gender differences in spinal cord injury are not estrogen-dependent

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-480

  Swartz, Karin R ^a   Fee, Dominic B ^a   Joy, Kelly M ^a   Roberts, Kelly N ^a   Sun, Sophie ^a   Scheff, Nicole N ^a   Wilson, Melinda E ^a   Scheff, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gender; Neuroprotection; Neurotrauma; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASSO BEATTIE BRESNAHAN SCORING SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34247166204     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0167     Document Type: Article

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