Neurosteroids block the Memory-Impairing effects of ethanol in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Melchior, C L ^a,b   Ritzmann, R F ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Ethanol; GABA; Memory; Neurosteroids; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone; Pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; ELTANOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029670384     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)00197-2     Document Type: Article

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