Is progesterone a worthy candidate as a novel therapy for traumatic brain injury?

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-359

  Stein, Donald G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroprotection; Progesterone; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AQUAPORIN; BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; FLUOXETINE; ISOPROSTANE; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN; GESTAGEN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITOTOXICITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDLINE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TISSUE REPAIR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURY; CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS;

EID: 82255182183     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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