Neurosteroids: A novel function of the brain

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 963-987

  Baulieu, E E ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; GABA(A) receptor; Memory; Myelination; PREG, pregnenolone; PROG, progesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; SIGMA OPIATE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MYELINATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MYELIN SHEATH; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS;

EID: 0032448780     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00071-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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