Efficacy of the selective progesterone receptor agonist Nestorone for chronic experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 89-97

  Garay, Laura ^a,b   Gonzalez Deniselle, Maria Claudia ^a,b   Sitruk Ware, Regine ^c   Guennoun, Rachida ^d   Schumacher, Michael ^d   De Nicola, Alejandro F ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Microglia; Nestorone

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; ELCOMETRINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; AIF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLECORTIN PROTEIN; ENOLASE; FREUND ADJUVANT; MBP PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROGLIA; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDES; NORPROGESTERONES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE;

EID: 84908510137     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.08.619     Document Type: Article

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