Pathways to ischemic neuronal cell death: Are sex differences relevant?

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lang, Jesse T ^a   McCullough, Louise D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 IMINOBIOTIN; AMINOGUANIDINE; ANASTROZOLE; ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ISOFLURANE; N (5,6 DIHYDRO 6 OXO 2 PHENANTHRIDINYL) 2 DIMETHYLAMINOACETAMIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORPHENAZONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL STRESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RISK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 47749128919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-6-33     Document Type: Review

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