Modulation of androgen and estrogen receptor expression by antiepileptic drugs and steroids in hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1875-1890

  Killer, Nina ^a,b   Hock, Monika ^a,b   Gehlhaus, Marcel ^a   Capetian, Philipp ^a   Knoth, Rolf ^a   Pantazis, Georgios ^c   Volk, Benedikt ^a   Meyer, Ralf P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FURTWANGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Antiepileptic drug; Cytochrome P450; Estrogen receptor ; Hippocampus; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOCHROME P450 3A11; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX FACTORS; STEROIDS;

EID: 68149134517     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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