Membrane actions of progestins at dopamine type 1-like and GABAA receptors involve downstream signal transduction pathways

Steroids

Volumn 73, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 906-913

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Walf, Alicia A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Pregnan 3 ol 20 one; Allopregnanolone; Midbrain; Neurosteroids; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE A; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONE ACTION; LORDOSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POSTURE; PROGESTINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS;

EID: 44549084222     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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