Progesterone-Induced Neuroprotection

Estrogens Attenuate and Corticosterone Exacerbates Excitotoxicity, Oxidative Injury, and Amyloid β‐Peptide Toxicity in Hippocampal Neurons

1996 • 833 citations

Cloning, expression, and characterization of a membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in meiotic maturation of fish oocytes

2003 • 787 citations

Identification, classification, and partial characterization of genes in humans and other vertebrates homologous to a fish membrane progestin receptor

2003 • 697 citations

Activation of the Src/p21ras/Erk pathway by progesterone receptor via cross-talk with estrogen receptor

1998 • 618 citations

Estradiol increases choline acetyltransferase activity in specific basal forebrain nuclei and projection areas of female rats

1985 • 526 citations

Ovarian steroid deprivation results in a reversible learning impairment and compromised cholinergic function in female Sprague-Dawley rats

1994 • 487 citations

The effect of ovariectomy and estradiol replacement on brain-derived neurotrophic factor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in cortical and hippocampal brain regions of female Sprague-Dawley rats.

1995 • 422 citations

Steroid binding to synaptic plasma membrane: Differential binding of glucocorticoids and gonadal steroids

1983 • 349 citations

Impact of Progestins on Estrogen-Induced Neuroprotection: Synergy by Progesterone and 19-Norprogesterone and Antagonism by Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

2002 • 321 citations

Progesterone Facilitates Cognitive Recovery and Reduces Secondary Neuronal Loss Caused by Cortical Contusion Injury in Male Rats

1994 • 319 citations

Progesterone protects against lipid peroxidation following traumatic brain injury in rats

1997 • 315 citations

Purification and Partial Sequencing of High‐Affinity Progesterone‐Binding Site(s) from Porcine Liver Membranes

1996 • 276 citations

Divergent impact of progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate (Provera) on nuclear mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling

2003 • 242 citations

Progesterone treatment inhibits the inflammatory agents that accompany traumatic brain injury

2005 • 230 citations

A membrane-associated progesterone-binding protein, 25-Dx, is regulated by progesterone in brain regions involved in female reproductive behaviors

2000 • 195 citations

Ovarian Hormones Elicit Phosphorylation of Akt and Extracellular-Signal Regulated Kinase in Explants of the Cerebral Cortex

2001 • 195 citations

Binding of Progesterone to Nerve Cell Membranes of Rat Brain Using Progesterone Conjugated to ¹²⁵I‐Bovine Serum Albumin as a Ligand

1990 • 153 citations

Ovarian steroid modulation of seizure severity and hippocampal cell death after kainic acid treatment

2003 • 134 citations

Neuroprotective Effects of Progesterone on Damage Elicited by Acute Global Cerebral Ischemia in Neurons of the Caudate Nucleus

2002 • 124 citations

Progesterone Neuroprotection in the Wobbler Mouse, a Genetic Model of Spinal Cord Motor Neuron Disease

2002 • 124 citations

Natural progesterone, but not medroxyprogesterone acetate, enhances the beneficial effect of estrogen on exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in postmenopausal women

2000 • 124 citations

Steroids and the reversal of age-associated changes in myelination and remyelination

2003 • 92 citations

Progesterone facilitates the acquisition of avoidance learning and protects against subcortical neuronal death following prefrontal cortex ablation in the rat

1998 • 84 citations

Characterization of the adrenal-specific antigen IZA (inner zone antigen) and its role in the steroidogenesis

2004 • 78 citations

Basis of progesterone protection in spinal cord neurodegeneration

2002 • 77 citations

GABA-Active Steroids

1992 • 73 citations

Expression and localization of 25-Dx, a membrane-associated putative progesterone-binding protein, in the developing Purkinje cell

2004 • 72 citations

Localization of a putative progesterone membrane binding protein in porcine hepatocytes.

1998 • 68 citations

Effect of progesterone upon adenylate cyclase activity and cAMP levels on brain areas

1985 • 39 citations

The role of hormones in the etiology and prevention of endometrial cancer.

1986 • 35 citations

Ca2+ release mechanism of primate drug-induced coronary vasospasm

1997 • 25 citations

Progestins

1996 • 19 citations