Neurosteroids: Endogenous allosteric modulators of GABAA receptors

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Lambert, Jeremy J ^a   Cooper, Michelle A ^a   Simmons, Ross D J ^a   Weir, Cameron J ^a   Belelli, Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrasynaptic receptors; GABAA receptor; Inhibitory neurotransmission; Neurosteroid; Tonic conductance

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING SITE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE BINDING; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 71449086095     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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