Functional correlation between allopregnanolone and [35S]-TBPS binding in the brain of rats exposed to isoniazid, pentylenetetrazol or stress

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 839-846

  Concas, Alessandra ^a   Mostallino, Maria Cristina ^a   Perra, Chiara ^a   Lener, Raffaela ^a   Roscetti, Gianna ^b   Barbaccia, Maria Luisa ^b   Purdy, Robert H ^c   Biggio, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Brain cortex; GABA(A) receptor; Isoniazid; Neurosteroid; Pentylenetetrazol; Seizures; Stress; 35S TBPS binding

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ISONIAZID; MIDAZOLAM; PENTETRAZOLE; TERT BUTYLBICYCLOPHOSPHOROTHIOATE S 35;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG POTENCY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEIZURE; STRESS; TIME;

EID: 0029780405     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15476.x     Document Type: Article

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