Anxiolytic effects of 3α-hydroxy-5α[β]-pregnan-20-one: endogenous metabolites of progesterone that are active at the GABAA receptor

Brain Research

Volumn 561, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 157-161

  Bitran, Daniel ^a   Hilvers, Robert J ^a   Kellogg, Carol K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Intracraial administration; Picrotoxin; Plus maze; Sedation; Steroid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTI ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ELTANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, GABA A; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; RAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025918687     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(91)90761-J     Document Type: Article

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