Distribution of membrane progesterone receptor alpha in the male mouse and rat brain and its regulation after traumatic brain injury

Neuroscience

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-124

  Meffre, D ^a   Labombarda, F ^a,b   Delespierre, B ^a   Chastre, A ^a   De Nicola, A F ^b   Stein, D G ^c   Schumacher, M ^a   Guennoun, R ^a  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Membrane progesterone receptor (mPR); Microglia; Neurons; Oligodendrocytes; Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN MPRALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL MEMBRANE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84871854025     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.11.039     Document Type: Article

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