Allopregnanolone synthesis in cerebellar granule cells: Roles in regulation of GABA(A) receptor expression and function during progesterone treatment and withdrawal

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1262-1270

  Follesa, Paolo ^a   Serra, Mariangela ^a   Cagetti, Elisabetta ^a   Pisu, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Porta, Stefania ^a   Floris, Stefania ^a   Massa, Federico ^a   Sanna, Enrico ^a   Biggio, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHLORIDE CURRENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034116812     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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