Stress and Neuroactive steroids

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2001, Pages 243-272

  Barbaccia, Maria Luisa ^a   Serra, Mariangela ^b   Purdy, Robert H ^c,d   Biggio, Giovanni ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN LEVEL; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; HUMANS; PREGNANOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STRESS;

EID: 0035225989     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(01)46065-x     Document Type: Article

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