Sex-related differences in effects of progesterone following neonatal hypoxic brain injury

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 286, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-165

  Peterson, Bethany L ^a   Won, Soonmi ^a   Geddes, Rastafa I ^a   Sayeed, Iqbal ^a   Stein, Donald G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; CNS repair; Development; Microglia; Neuroplasticity; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HYPOXIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROGLIA; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; ROTAROD TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROGLIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924934032     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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