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The sex hormone progesterone has been shown to improve outcomes in animal models of a number of neurologic diseases, including traumatic brain injury, ischemia, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, demyelinating disease, neuromuscular disorders, and seizures. Evidence suggests it exerts its neuroprotective effects through several pathways, including reducing edema, improving neuronal survival,...
Progesterone given after traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been shown to reduce the initial cytotoxic surge of inflammatory factors. We used Western blot techniques to analyze how progesterone might affect three inflammation-related factors common to TBI: complement factor C3 (C3), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and nuclear factor kappa beta (NFκB). One hour after bilateral injury to the medial...
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