Prenatal stress reduces the effectiveness of the neurosteroid 3α,5α- THP to block kainic-acid-induced seizures

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a,b   Bayon, Laura E ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Lordosis; Nongenomic; Progesterone; Progestin; Seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CORTICOSTERONE; KAINIC ACID; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEIZURE; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032925074     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199904)34:3<227::AID-DEV7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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