The role of ovarian steroid hormones in the regulation of basal and stress induced absence seizures

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-5, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Tolmacheva, Elena A ^a,b   van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Anticipation; Ovariectomy; Progesterone; Repeated stress; WAG Rij

Indexed keywords

CYCLODEXTRIN; PROGESTERONE;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC MODEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; INJECTIONS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34249993495     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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