Remyelination - An effective means of neuroprotection

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Bruce, Charlotte C ^a,b   Zhao, Chao ^a,b   Franklin, Robin J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon; Hormone; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin; Regeneration; Remyelination; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

AGING; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMYELINATION; DETERIORATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HORMONES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; REGENERATION;

EID: 73049105525     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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