GABAergic neurosteroids mediate the effects of ethanol on long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal slices

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1881-1888

  Izumi, Yukitoshi ^a   Murayama, Kenki ^a   Tokuda, Kazuhiro ^a   Krishnan, Kathiresan ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid receptors; Alcohol; Allopregnanolone; Cyclodextrins; Finasteride; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

(3ALPHA 5BETA) 17 PHENYLANDROST 16 EN 3 OL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALCOHOL; CYCLODEXTRIN; FINASTERIDE; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPOPHILICITY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 20-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34848875684     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05809.x     Document Type: Article

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