S-norfluoxetine microinfused into the basolateral amygdala increases allopregnanolone levels and reduces aggression in socially isolated mice

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1154-1159

  Nelson, Marianela ^a   Pinna, Graziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Reductase type I; Aggressive behavior; Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; GABA A receptors; PTSD; Selective brain steroidogenic stimulants (SBSSs); Social isolation

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ELTANOLONE; NORFLUOXETINE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EMOTIONALITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; FLUOXETINE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; PREGNANOLONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 79954577449     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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