Effects of different corticosteroids on the brain weight and hippocampal neuronal loss in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1250, Issue , 2009, Pages 75-80

  Duksal, Fatma ^a   Kilic, Ilknur ^a   Tufan, A Cevik ^a   Akdogan, Ilgaz ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Dexamethasone; Methylprednisolone; Premature; TUNEL positive neuron

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETAMETHASONE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; DEXAMETHASONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 58149316015     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.10.051     Document Type: Article

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