Pregnenolone sulfate in the brain: A controversial neurosteroid

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 522-540

  Schumacher, Michael ^a   Liere, Philippe ^a   Akwa, Yvette ^a   Rajkowski, Krzysztof ^a   Griffiths, William ^b   Bodin, Karl ^c   Sjövall, Jan ^c   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; GABAA receptors; Gas chromatography; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Memory; Neurosteroids; NMDA receptors; Pregnenolone sulfate; Radioimmunoassay; Sigma 1 receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; HYDROXYSTEROID SULFOTRANSFERASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; SIGMA 1 OPIATE RECEPTOR; STEROID; STERYL SULFATASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE 1A1;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SULFATASES; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 38349119532     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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