Neuroprotective effect of testosterone treatment on motoneuron recruitment following the death of nearby motoneurons

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 825-835

  Fargo, Keith N ^a,b,c   Foster, Allison M ^c,d   Sengelaub, Dale R ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Boston Scientific Neuromodulation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Morphology; Neuroprotection; Peripheral nerve recording

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; SAPORIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NUCLEUS OF THE BULBOCAVERNOSUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CELL DEATH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 70349329966     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20743     Document Type: Article

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