Intrahippocampal allopregnanolone decreases voluntary chronic alcohol consumption in non-selected rats

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 823-831

  Martin García, Elena ^a   Darbra, Sònia ^a   Pallarès, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Allopregnanolone; Hippocampus; Neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 34247516396     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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