Social isolation stress and neuroactive steroids

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Serra, M ^a,b   Sanna, E ^a   Mostallino, M C ^b   Biggio, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABAA receptor; mIPSC; Neuroactive steroids; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FINASTERIDE; ISONIAZID; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SHOCK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEROIDS; STRESS;

EID: 33751011580     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2006.03.004     Document Type: Review

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