Short-term exposure to a neuroactive steroid increases α4 GABAA receptor subunit levels in association with increased anxiety in the female rat

Brain Research

Volumn 910, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 55-66

  Gulinello, M ^a   Gong, Q H ^a   Li, X ^a   Smith, S S ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 ,5alpha; THP; Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Elevated plus maze; Female; GABAA receptor; Hippocampus; Neurosteroid; PMS; Pregnanolone; Progesterone; Rat; Withdrawal; 4 subunit

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; INDOMETACIN; LORAZEPAM; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL ISOLATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE LEARNING; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANEDIONES; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROGESTERONE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035839259     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02565-3     Document Type: Article

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