Neuroactive steroids: New biomarkers of cognitive aging

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 2-5, 2003, Pages 329-335

  Vallée, Monique ^a   Purdy, Robert H ^b   Mayo, Willy ^a   Koob, George F ^b   Le Moal, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Neuroactive steroids; Pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE SULFATE; ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE CYTOCHROME P450; HYDROXYSTEROID SULFOTRANSFERASE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE DERIVATIVE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID; STEROID SULFATASE SULFOHYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEMORY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042477744     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(03)00227-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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