Androgens in the hippocampus can alter, and be altered by, ictal activity

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-493

  Rhodes, Madeline E ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

3 diol; Animal model; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; KAINIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; TESTOSTERONE;

AROMATIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; REPRODUCTION; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142604665     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.04.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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