The effects of inhibitors of GABAergic transmission and stress on brain and plasma allopregnanolone concentrations

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1582-1588

  Barbaccia, M L ^a   Roscetti, G ^a   Trabucchi, M ^a   Purdy, R H ^b   Mostallino, M C ^c   Concas, A ^c   Biggio, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abecarnil; Allopregnanolone; FG 7142; GABAergic transmission; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Isoniazid; Neurosteroids; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ABECARNIL; ISONIAZID; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030977218     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701046     Document Type: Article

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