Steroid hormones and excitability in the mammalian brain

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-48

  Joëls, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corticosteroid hormones; firing patterns; gonadal steroids; membrane properties; network function; neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE; ANDROSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0031030995     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1996.0144     Document Type: Article

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