Age-dependent effects of testosterone in experimental stroke

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 486-494

  Cheng, Jian ^a   Hu, Weidong ^b   Toung, Thomas J ^b   Zhang, Zhizheng ^a   Parker, Susan M ^a   Roselli, Charles E ^a,c   Hurn, Patricia D ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Cerebral ischemia; Stroke; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CASTRATED MALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IMPLANTATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; WILD TYPE; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CASTRATION; FLUTAMIDE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 61349084196     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.138     Document Type: Article

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