Fluctuations in brain concentrations of neurosteroids are not associated to changes in gephyrin levels

Brain Research

Volumn 1169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^a   Follesa, Paolo ^b   Panzanelli, Patrizia ^a   Perazzini, Alice Zaira ^a   Porcu, Patrizia ^b   Sogliano, Cristiana ^b   Cherchi, Claudia ^b   Concas, Alessandra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

GABAA receptor; Gephyrin; Neurosteroid; Oral contraceptive; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GEPHYRIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROSTEROID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RNA EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEVONORGESTREL; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

RATTUS;

EID: 34548511761     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.06.057     Document Type: Article

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