Estrogen Effects on Traumatic Brain Injury
Mechanisms of Neuroprotection and Repair

A comprehensive reference of estrogen-mediated neuroprotection following traumatic brain injury, and the induction, mechanism and consequences associated with this phenomenon

Kelli A Duncan (Edited by)

9780128014790

Hardback, published 14 January 2015

172 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.48 kg

This book demystifies, deconstructs, and simultaneously humanizes the field of estrogen-mediated neuroprotection following TBI, making the subject approachable to both researchers and advanced students. Bringing together leading researchers and practitioners to explain the basis for their work, methods, and their results, chapters explore what is known about the role of estrogens following damage to the brain. With topics covering induction of estrogen response, consequences of estrogen action, and mechanisms underlying estrogen mediated neuroprotection, Estrogen Effects on Traumatic Brain Injury is of great importance to teachers, researchers, and clinicians interested in the role that estrogens play following traumatic brain injury.

1. Historical Antecedents
2. Estrogen Actions in the Brain
3. Induction of Estrogen Response Following Injury
4. Astrocytic Aromatization and Injury
5. Aromatase and Estrogens: Involvement in Constitutive and Regenerative Neurogenesis in Adult Zebrafish
6. Neuroprotection by Exogenous Estrogenic Compounds Following Traumatic Brain Injury
7. Neuroprotective Effects of Estrogen Following Neural Injury
8. Neuroprotection with Estradiol in Experimental Perinatal Asphyxia: A New Approach
9. Cerebrovascular Stroke: Sex Differences and the Impact of Estrogens
10. Concluding Statements and Current Challenges

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]