Midazolam inhibits hippocampal long-term potentiation and learning through dual central and peripheral benzodiazepine receptor activation and neurosteroidogenesis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 16788-16795

  Tokuda, Kazuhiro ^a   O'Dell, Kazuko A ^a   Izumi, Yukitoshi ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 PHENYL (3ALPHA, 5ALPHA) ANDROST 16 EN 3 OL; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CLONAZEPAM; FINASTERIDE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROSTEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANDROSTENOLS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONAZEPAM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FINASTERIDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 78650353488     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4101-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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