Neurosteroids: Measurement and pathophysiologic relevance

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 503-505

  Melcangi, Roberto Cosimo ^a   Mensah Nyagan, Ayikoe Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; GABA A receptor; Mass spectrometry; Nervous system; Neuroprotection; Pregnenolone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; HORMONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE;

ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG RESEARCH; FATIGUE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; STEROIDS;

EID: 38549181078     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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