Progesterone is neuroprotective following cerebral ischaemia in reproductively ageing female mice

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2125-2133

  Gibson, Claire L ^a   Coomber, Ben ^a   Murphy, Sean P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; hormones; neuroprotective agents; stroke

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959711271     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr132     Document Type: Article

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