Possible GABAergic modulation in the protective effect of allopregnanolone on sleep deprivation-induced anxiety-like behavior and oxidative damage in mice

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 681-689

  Singh, A ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Locomotor activity; Oxidative stress; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CATALASE; FLUMAZENIL; GLUTATHIONE; MUSCIMOL; NITRITE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUMAZENIL; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCIMOL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRITES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PICROTOXIN; PREGNANOLONE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 62649118751     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2008.30.9.1323493     Document Type: Article

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