Estrogen increases latencies to seizures and levels of 5α-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one in hippocampus of wild-type, but not 5α-reductase knockout, mice

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-414

  Osborne, Danielle M ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Pregnan 3 ol 20 one; 5 Reductase; Cortex; Epilepsy; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Pentylenetetrazol; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTROGEN; PENTETRAZOLE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; WILD TYPE;

5-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES;

EID: 70350620971     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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