Sulfated and unsulfated steroids modulate γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor function through distinct sites

Brain Research

Volumn 830, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-87

  Park Chung, Mijeong ^a   Malayev, Andrew ^a   Purdy, Robert H ^a   Gibbs, Terrell T ^a   Farb, David H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; GABA(A) receptor; Neurosteroid; Pregnanolone

Indexed keywords

11 KETOPREGNENOLONE SULFATE; 11BETA HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE SULFATE; 17ALPHA ESTRADIOL 3 SULFATE; 17BETA ESTRADIOL 17 HEMISUCCINATE; 20BETA DIHYDROPREGNENOLONE SULFATE; 21 ACETOXYPREGNENOLONE SULFATE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE HEMISUCCINATE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE SULFATE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE SULFATE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE SULFATE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 7 KETOPREGNENOLONE SULFATE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; ANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL 3 SULFATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; HEMISUCCINIC ACID; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE HEMISUCCINATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHICK EMBRYO; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; GABA MODULATORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033614716     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01381-5     Document Type: Article

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