The role of estrogen and progesterone, administered alone and in combination, in modulating cytokine concentration following traumatic brain injury

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-40

  Khaksari, Mohammad ^a   Soltani, Zahra ^a   Shahrokhi, Nader ^b   Moshtaghi, Gholamreza ^c   Asadikaram, Gholamreza ^d  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cytokines; Estrogen; Progesterone; Traumatic brain injury; Water content

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; EVANS BLUE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROGESTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INJURIES; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; PROGESTERONE; RATS;

EID: 78650554173     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y10-103     Document Type: Article

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