Epipregnanolone acts as a partial agonist on a common neurosteroid modulatory site of the GABAA receptor complex in Avian CNS

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-225

  Pignataro, Leonardo ^a   De Plazas, Sara Fiszer ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Alphaxalone; Chick optic lobe; Epipregnanolone; GABAA receptor; 3H flunitrazepam binding

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALFAXALONE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA AGONISTS; PREGNANEDIONES; PREGNANOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031022730     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027327910138     Document Type: Article

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