Rewarding effect of the neuroactive steroid 3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-264

  Finn, Deborah A ^a,b   Phillips, Tamara J ^a   Okorn, Dobrina M ^a   Chester, Julia A ^a   Cunningham, Christopher L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conditioned place preference; GABA(A) receptor agonist; inbred mice; locomotor activity; neuroactive steroid; reward

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REWARD;

EID: 0031043365     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00218-3     Document Type: Article

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