The role of GABA-A and mitiochondrial diazepam-binding inhibitor receptors on the effects of neurosteroids on food intake in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-400

  Reddy, Doodipala Samba ^a   Kulkarni, S K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

4' Chlordiazepam; Allopregnanolone; Appetite; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; GABA A receptor; Mitochondrial DBI receptor; Neurosteroids; NMDA receptor; Pregnenolone sulfate; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; DIZOCILPINE; FLUMAZENIL; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; TRIAZOLAM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CELL RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM-BINDING INHIBITOR RECEPTOR; ELTANOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EATING; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0031595001     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050635     Document Type: Article

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