Neurosteroids: Recent findings

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 133-140

  Plassart Schiess, Emmanuelle ^a   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Microtubule associated protein 2 (MAP2); Neurosteroid; Neurotransmitter; Pregnenolone; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SIGMA 1 OPIATE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PREGNENOLONE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; STEROIDS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0035660094     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00113-8     Document Type: Review

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