Testosterone enhances functional recovery after stroke through promotion of antioxidant defenses, BDNF levels and neurogenesis in male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1558, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-83

  Fanaei, Hamed ^a   Karimian, Seyed Morteza ^b   Sadeghipour, Hamid Reza ^b   Hassanzade, Gholamreza ^b,c   Kasaeian, Amir ^c,d   Attari, Fatemeh ^c   Khayat, Samira ^e   Ramezani, Vahid ^f   Javadimehr, Mani ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Neurogenesis; Oxidative stress; Stroke; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASTRATED MALE; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROGENESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STROKE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897435771     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.02.028     Document Type: Article

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