Progesterone and allopregnanolone enhance the miniature synaptic release of glycine in the rat hypoglossal nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2100-2111

  Chesnoy Marchais, Dominique ^a  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Glycine receptors; Inhibitory transmission; Neuroprotection; Neurosteroids; Presynaptic receptors

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FINASTERIDE; GLYCINE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA AGONISTS; GLYCINE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; ISOXAZOLES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 71249140738     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07013.x     Document Type: Article

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