Protective capabilities of allopregnanolone against induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells relative to Alzheimer´s disease.
When the brain is exposed to a traumatic injury, the brain produces high amounts of neurosteroids like allopregnanolone and progesterone which show protective and neurogenic capacities. Alzheimer’s disease patients also have lower amounts of these neurosteroids in brain tissue. Neurosteroids act on...
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap
2020
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-416643 |