On the putative physiological role of allopregnanolone on GABAA receptor function

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-55

  Puia, G ^a   Mienville, J M ^a,d   Matsumoto, K ^a   Takahata, H ^b   Watanabe, H ^c   Costa, E ^a   Guidotti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Brain slice; GABAA receptor; In situ patch clamp; Neurosteroid; SKF 105111

Indexed keywords

17BETA 17 [BIS(1 METHYLETHYL)AMINOCARBONYL]ANDROSTANE 3,5 DIENE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; SKF 105111; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN SLICE; CHLORINE CHANNEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0037252696     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00341-6     Document Type: Article

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