Effect of neurosteroids on the retinal gabaergic system and electroretinographic activity in the golden hamster

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1666-1675

  Jaliffa, Carolina O ^a   Howard, Sarah ^a   Hoijman, Esteban ^a   Salido, Ezequiel ^a   Keller Sarmiento, Maria I ^a   Arias, Pablo ^a   Rosenstein, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; GABA; Golden hamster; Neurosteroids; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); NEUROSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; TRITIUM; VIGABATRIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HAMSTER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CORTICOSTERONE; CRICETINAE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREGNENOLONE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETINA; STEROIDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMES; VIGABATRIN;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 24944580746     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03321.x     Document Type: Article

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