Inhibition of evoked glutamate release by neurosteroid allopregnanolone via inhibition of L-type calcium channels in rat medial prefrontal cortex

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1477-1489

  Hu, Ai Qun ^a   Wang, Ze Min ^a   Lan, Dan Mei ^a   Fu, Ying Mei ^a   Zhu, Yan Hua ^a   Dong, Yi ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Glutamate release; L type calcium channels; Medial prefrontal cortex; Neurosteroids; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; VERATRIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FACILITATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANOLONE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMES; VERATRIDINE;

EID: 34250359480     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301261     Document Type: Article

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