Short-term steroid treatment increases δ GABAA receptor subunit expression in rat CA1 hippocampus: Pharmacological and behavioral effects

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 573-586

  Shen, Hui ^a,b   Qi, Hua Gong ^a   Yuan, Maoli ^a   Smith, Sheryl S ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

subunit; CA1 hippocampus; GABAA receptor; Neurosteroid; THIP; Tonic current

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; BICUCULLINE; GABOXADOL; LANTHANUM; LORAZEPAM; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEDICAL RECORD; MOOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SEPARATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; ISOXAZOLES; LANTHANUM; LORAZEPAM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS;

EID: 23944441957     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.04.026     Document Type: Article

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