Modulation of GABAA receptors and neuropeptide secretion by the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in posterior and intermediate pituitary

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-97

  Hansen, Suzanne L ^a   Fjalland, Bjarne ^a   Jackson, Meyer B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROSTEROID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ELTANOLONE; PICROTOXIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOCRINE CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; NERVE ENDING; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PATCH CLAMP; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TIME FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0042029480     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2003.930206.x     Document Type: Article

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