Changes in neuroactive steroid content during social isolation stress modulate GABAA receptor plasticity and function

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 520-530

  Serra, Mariangela ^a,b   Pisu, Maria Giuseppina ^b   Mostallino, Maria Cristina ^b   Sanna, Enrico ^a   Biggio, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABAA receptor function; GABAA receptor plasticity; Neuroactive steroid; Rat; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANXIETY; CHRONIC STRESS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEROIDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40749160424     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.06.029     Document Type: Review

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