The influence of parturition on the level and synthesis of sulfated and free neurosteroids in rats

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-23

  Maayan, Rachel ^a   Abou Kaud, Machmud ^a   Strous, Rael D ^a   Kaplan, Boris ^b   Fisch, Benjamin ^b   Shinnar, Nili ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Neurosteroids; Parturition; Pregnenolone; Pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; SULFATASE; SULFATE; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SULFATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; LIVER; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROIDS; STERYL-SULFATASE;

EID: 1642496847     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075334     Document Type: Article

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