GABA(A) receptor α4 subunit suppression prevents withdrawal properties of an endogenous steroid

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6679, 1998, Pages 926-930

  Smith, Sheryl S ^a   Gong, Qi Hua ^a   Hsu, Fu Chun ^a   Markowitz, Ronald S ^a   Ffrench Mullen, J M H ^b   Li, Xinshe ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; AZIDE; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; INDOMETACIN; LORAZEPAM; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HORMONE RESISTANCE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AZIDES; BENZODIAZEPINES; CARBOLINES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDOMETHACIN; LORAZEPAM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROGESTERONE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032580125     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/31948     Document Type: Article

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