Physiological modulation of GABA(A) receptor plasticity by progesterone metabolites

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 375, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 225-235

  Concas, Alessandra ^a   Follesa, Paolo ^a   Barbaccia, Maria Luisa ^b   Purdy, Robert H ^c   Biggio, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone; Brain, rat; Finasteride; GABA(A) receptor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; FINASTERIDE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033052918     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00232-0     Document Type: Article

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