Progesterone and neuroprotection

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-290

  Singh, Meharvan ^a   Su, Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Neuroprotection; Progesterone; Progesterone receptors; Progestin

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEUROTROPHIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SIGMA 1 OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL LEARNING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CYTOPROTECTION; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84872853663     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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