Neuroregenerative mechanisms of allopregnanolone in Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Irwin, Ronald W ^a   Wang, Jun Ming ^b   Chen, Shuhua ^a   Brinton, Roberta Diaz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Allopregnanolone; Alzheimer's disease; Cholesterol homeostasis; Myelin; Neurogenesis; Regeneration; Treatment regimen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874347880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00117     Document Type: Review

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