Libonati, Rosana M F

Estradiol, but not dehydroepiandrosterone, decreases parasitemia and increases the incidence of cerebral malaria and the mortality in plasmodium berghei ANKA-infected CBA mice. [electronic resource] - Neuroimmunomodulation 2006 - 28-35 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1021-7401

10.1159/000093271 doi


Animals
Brain--drug effects
Causality
Dehydroepiandrosterone--metabolism
Disease Models, Animal
Estradiol--pharmacology
Female
Immunity, Innate--drug effects
Malaria, Cerebral--drug therapy
Mice
Mice, Inbred CBA
Neuroimmunomodulation--drug effects
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I--drug effects
Orchiectomy
Parasitemia--drug therapy
Plasmodium berghei--drug effects
Survival Rate
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha--metabolism