Down-regulation of the GABA receptor subunits mRNA levels in mammalian cultured cortical neurons following chronic neurosteroid treatment

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Yu, Rong ^a   Follesa, Paolo ^a   Ticku, Maharaj K ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic neurosteroid treatment; Down regulation of subunit mRNA; GABA(A) receptor subunit

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROHORMONE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030571051     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(96)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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