Progesterone withdrawal I: Pro-convulsant effects

Brain Research

Volumn 807, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 84-90

  Moran, Maria H ^a   Smith, Sheryl S ^a  

^a Medical College Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

4 Subunit; Allopregnanolone; GABA(A) receptor; PMS; Pregnancy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MIDAZOLAM; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEIZURE; STEROID METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032487623     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00782-3     Document Type: Article

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