Cellular distribution of the GABAA receptor-modulating 3α-hydroxy, 5α-reduced pregnane steroids in the adult rat brain

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-284

  Saalmann, Y B ^a,b   Kirkcaldie, M T K ^a   Waldron, S ^a   Calford, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone; GABA; Immunoassay; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA,21 DIHYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; TETRAHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33847742669     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01527.x     Document Type: Article

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