The neurosteroid 3α,5α-THP has antiseizure and possible neuroprotective effects in an animal model of epilepsy

Brain Research

Volumn 696, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 113-120

  Frye, C A ^a,b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra genomic; Hippocampus; Membrane; Perforant pathway; Progesterone; Steroid hormone; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028973110     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00793-P     Document Type: Article

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