Neurosteroid modulation of benzodiazepine-sensitive GABAA tonic inhibition in supraoptic magnocellular neurons

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1578-1587

  Jo, Ji Yoon ^a   Jeong, Ji Ae ^a   Pandit, Sudip ^b   Stern, Javier E ^c   Lee, Seul Ki ^c   Ryu, Pan Dong ^c   Lee, So Yeong ^c   Han, Seong Kyu ^d   Cho, Chung Hyun ^a   Kim, Hyun Woo ^a   Jeon, Byeong Hwa ^a   Park, Jin Bong ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extrasynaptic; Gabaa receptors; Neurosteroid; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

3 ALPHA,5 ALPHA TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDROISOXAZOLO[5,4 C] PYRIDIN 3 OL; BENZODIAZEPINE; DS 2; L 655708; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MAGNOCELLULAR NERVE CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMIDAZOLES; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 79958797416     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00627.2010     Document Type: Article

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