Molecular and functional adaptation of the GABAA receptor complex during pregnancy and after delivery in the rat brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2905-2912

  Follesa, Paolo ^a   Floris, Stefania ^a   Tuligi, Graziella ^a   Mostallino, Maria Cristina ^a   Concas, Alessandra ^a   Biggio, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Depression; Immunoblot; mRNA subunit; Steroid

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCIMOL; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHLORIDES; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOTOPES; MUSCIMOL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANOLONE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032464571     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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