Cellular and molecular effects of steroid hormones on CNS excitability

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Smith, Sheryl S ^a   Woolley, Catherine S ^b  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CATAMENIAL EPILEPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 4043079074     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: 08911150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.71.suppl_2.s4     Document Type: Review

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