Water-soluble progesterone analogues are effective, injectable treatments in animal models of traumatic brain injury

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 362-366

  Guthrie, David B ^a   Stein, Donald G ^b   Liotta, Dennis C ^a   Lockwood, Mark A ^a   Sayeed, Iqbal ^b   Atif, Fahim ^b   Arrendale, Richard F ^a   Reddy, G Prabhakar ^a   Evers, Taylor J ^a   Marengo, Jose R ^a   Howard, Randy B ^a   Culver, Deborah G ^a   Natchus, Michael G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C 20 OXIME PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; C 3 OXIME PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL DEATH; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861073209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ml200303r     Document Type: Article

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