The present invention provides methods for conferring a neuroprotective effect on a population of cells in a subject following a traumatic injury to the central nervous system. Specifically, the methods of the invention provide for the administration of a progestin or progestin metabolite following a traumatic brain injury. The progestin or progestin metabolite is administered at therapeutically effective concentrations that produce a neuroprotective effect (i.e., a decrease in the loss of neuronal activity) and reduces and/or prevents the various physiological events leading to neurodegeneration, such as, cerebral edema and the immune/inflammatory response.
本发明提供了在中枢神经系统受到创伤后对受试者的细胞群产生神经保护作用的方法。具体地说,本发明的方法提供了在脑外伤后给予孕激素或孕激素代谢物的方法。孕激素或孕激素代谢物以治疗有效浓度给药,可产生神经保护作用(即减少神经元活性的丧失),减少和/或防止导致神经变性的各种生理事件,如脑
水肿和免疫/炎症反应。