Progesterone-induced neuroprotection: Factors that may predict therapeutic efficacy

Brain Research

Volumn 1514, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-106

  Singh, Meharvan ^a   Su, Chang ^a  

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

Author keywords

Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Neuroprotection; Progesterone; Therapeutic window

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; NEUROTROPHIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ALLOSTERISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878518152     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.01.027     Document Type: Review

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