Effects of progesterone vs. dexamethasone on brain oedema and inflammatory responses following experimental brain resection

Brain Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1594-1601

  Xu, Fei Fan ^a,b   Sun, Stella ^a   Ho, Amy S W ^a   Lee, Derek ^a   Kiang, Karrie M Y ^a   Zhang, Xiao Qin ^a   Wang, Anna M ^a   Wu, Ed X ^a   Lui, Wai Man ^a   Liu, Bai Yun ^a,c,d   Leung, Gilberto K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brain oedema; Dexamethasone; Inflammation; Matrix metalloproteinase 9; Progesterone; Surgical brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; DEXAMETHASONE; GELATINASE B; PROGESTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NEUROSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911997064     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.943289     Document Type: Article

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