Tapered progesterone withdrawal promotes long-term recovery following brain trauma.
AuthorsCutler SM, Vanlandingham JW, Stein DG,
JournalExp Neurol
PubMed ID16797538
We previously demonstrated that after traumatic brain injury (TBI), acute progesterone withdrawal (AW) causes an increase in anxiety behaviors and cerebro-cellular inflammation compared to tapered progesterone withdrawal (TW). Our current study investigates the behavioral and cellular effects of AW two weeks after termination of treatments to determine the longer-term influence ... More