Gonadal hormones and the control of reactive gliosis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-221

  Arevalo, María Angeles ^a   Santos Galindo, María ^a   Acaz Fonseca, Estefanía ^a   Azcoitia, Iñigo ^b   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Gliosis; Microglia; Neuroinflammation; Progesterone; Reactive astrocyte; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE GLIOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; GLIOSIS; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84872866073     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.021     Document Type: Review

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