Steroids and ion channels in evolution: From bacteria to synapses and mind - Evolutionary role of steroid regulation of GABAA receptors

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-233

  Majewska, Maria Dorota ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Brain; Evolution; GABAA receptors; Ion channels; Mind; Neurosteroids; Regulation; Reproduction; Steroids

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; LIPID; NEUROSTEROID; STEROID;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIFE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, GABA; STEROIDS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 37349124194     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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