Inhibiting 5α-reductase in the amygdala attenuates antianxiety and antidepressive behavior of naturally receptive and hormone-primed ovariectomized rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 302-311

  Walf, Alicia A ^a   Sumida, Kanako ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

5 pregnan 3 ol 20 one; Allopregnanolone; Mood; Neurosteroid; Progestin; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; FINASTERIDE; GESTAGEN; NEUROSTEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HORMONAL REGULATION; MAZE TEST; MOOD; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LONG EVANS RAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 33744494296     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0100-x     Document Type: Article

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