Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and estrone sulfate reduce GABA-recurrent inhibition in the hippocampus via muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

Hippocampus

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1080-1090

  Steffensen, Scott C ^a   Jones, Marc D ^a   Hales, Kimberly ^a   Allison, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; GABA; Muscarinic; Neurosteroid; Paired pulse

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTRONE SULFATE; GALLAMINE; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROELECTROPHORESIS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESTRONE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 33846073906     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20232     Document Type: Article

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