Ovarian steroids modify the behavioral and neurochemical responses of the central benzodiazepine receptor

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-73

  Bitran, Daniel ^a   Dowd, Jennifer A ^a  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

3H flunitrazepam binding; Estrogen; GABA(A) receptor; Neurosteroids; Plus maze; Progesterone; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DRUG METABOLITE; ESTRADIOL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; NEUROACTIVE STEROID; PROGESTERONE; RADIOLIGAND; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MEMBRANE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MAZE LEARNING; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030007556     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247394     Document Type: Article

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