Therapeutic effects of progesterone and its metabolites in traumatic brain injury may involve non-classical signaling mechanisms
Traumatic brain injury is an important and costly medical problem for which no clinically proven treatment currently exists. Studies in rodents and humans have shown beneficial effects of progesterone (P4) on both mortality and functional outcomes following TBI. Neuroprotective effects of P4 in TBI...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00108/full |