The neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone suppresses hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone release through a mechanism mediated by the gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-125

  Calogero, A E ^a,d   Palumbo, M A ^a   Bosboom, A M J ^b   Burrello, N ^a   Ferrara, E ^a   Palumbo, G ^a   Petraglia, F ^c   D'Agata, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ELTANOLONE; GONADORELIN; MUSCIMOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; ISOMERISM; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0031858549     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1580121     Document Type: Article

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