The impact of gender on stroke pathology and treatment

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-124

  Gibson, Claire L ^a   Attwood, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gender; Ischemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MINOCYCLINE; PROGESTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954287128     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.08.020     Document Type: Review

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