Influence of epipregnanolone on the modulation of rapid tolerance to ethanol by neurosteroids

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-345

  Barbosa, Adriana Dias Elpo ^a   Morato, Gina Struffaldi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug tolerance; Ethanol; Hypothermia; Neurologic manifestations; Steroids

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; ALLOTETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG TOLERANCE; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MODULATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MOTOR COORDINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG SCREENING; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE;

EID: 38349136191     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462007000400008     Document Type: Article

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