Neuroactive steroids and GABAA receptor plasticity in the brain of the WAG/Rij rat, a model of absence epilepsy

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2502-2514

  Pisu, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Mostallino, Maria Cristina ^a   Dore, Riccardo ^b   Mura, Maria Luisa ^b   Maciocco, Elisabetta ^a   Russo, Emilio ^c   De Sarro, Giovambattista ^c   Serra, Mariangela ^a,b  

^a CNR Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; GABAA receptor; Neuroactive steroid; WAG Rij rat

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA,5ALPHA TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; PREGNANE 20 ONE; PREGNANE-20-ONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

ABSENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UPREGULATION;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANOLONE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 50849103629     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05538.x     Document Type: Article

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