Inhibition by the neurosteroid allopregnanolone of basal and stress-induced acetylcholine release in the brain of freely moving rats

Brain Research

Volumn 710, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Dazzi, Laura ^a   Sanna, Angela ^a   Cagetti, Elisabetta ^a   Concas, Alessandra ^a   Biggio, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Allopregnanolone; Cortex; Freely moving rat; Hippocampus; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0029988160     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01478-0     Document Type: Article

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