Progesterone regulation of GABA(A) receptor plasticity in adult rat supraoptic nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1617-1623

  Fénelon, Valérie S ^a,b   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allopregnanalone; Microdialysis; Oestrogen; Oxytocin; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BREEDING; CINGULATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LABOR; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GYRUS CINGULI; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033624750     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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