Progesterone as a potential neuroprotective treatment in the retina

摘要: Diseases and injuries that affect the eye cause vision loss are a serious problem worldwide, both in terms of economic impact patient quality life. Few effective treatments currently exist to address this significant unmet need. The authors review research on progesterone treatment traumatic brain injury stroke showing pleiotropic hormone is successful neuroprotective variety animal models. also describe ocular disorders they think best candidates for treatment, other available, relevant bringing eye, including evidence its receptors eye,the overlap between mechanisms involved retinal diseases modulated by so far. Progesterone’s properties success pre-clinical models make it an attractive candidate a...