The Contraceptive Agent Provera Enhances GABAA Receptor-Mediated Inhibitory Neurotransmission in the Rat Hippocampus: Evidence for Endogenous Neurosteroids?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 10013-10020

  Belelli, Delia ^a   Herd, Murray B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABAA receptor; Hippocampus; Inhibitory synaptic transmission; Neurosteroid; Patch clamp; Tonic current

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GANAXOLONE; INDOMETACIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NEUROSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATAMENIAL EPILEPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG TARGETING; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE ACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROID METABOLISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0242526148     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-31-10013.2003     Document Type: Article

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