Membrane progesterone receptors: Evidence for neuroprotective, neurosteroid signaling and neuroendocrine functions in neuronal cells

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-171

  Thomas, Peter ^a   Pang, Yefei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone actions; Antiapoptosis; GT1 7 cells; Membrane progesterone receptors; Neuroendocrine functions; Neuroprotection; Neurosteroid signaling; Sphingolipid signaling

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ADIPONECTIN; BCL2 RELATED PROTEIN A1; CASPASE 3; CERAMIDASE; CYCLIC AMP; GONADORELIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAD; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SPHINGOLIPID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOWN REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEIOSIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866551891     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339822     Document Type: Article

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