Steroid-sensitive GABAA receptors in the fetal sheep brain

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-472

  Crossley, Kelly J ^a   Nitsos, Ilias ^a   Walker, David W ^a   Lawrence, Andrew J ^a   Beart, Philip M ^a   Hirst, Jonathan J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Fetus; Neurosteroid; Ovine; TBPS; Tert butylbicyclophosothionate

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; TERT BUTYLBICYCLOPHOSPHOROTHIOATE; ELTANOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHEEP; SLEEP; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANOLONE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SHEEP;

EID: 0042197123     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(03)00196-5     Document Type: Article

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