Sex differences in the effect of progesterone after controlled cortical impact in adolescent mice: A preliminary study Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1337-1341

  Mannix, Rebekah ^a,b   Berglass, Jacqueline ^a   Berkner, Justin ^a   Moleus, Philippe ^a   Qiu, Jianhua ^a,b   Jantzie, Lauren L ^a,b   Meehan, William P ^a,b,c,d   Stanley, Rachel M ^e   Robinson, Shenandoah ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^d Harvard Medical School   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Neuroprotection; Progesterone; Sex differences; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; GESTAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTOR FUNCTION TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE GRIP TEST; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; C57BL MOUSE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84986905974     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.8.JNS14715     Document Type: Article

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