Sex difference in sensitivity to allopregnanolone neuroprotection in mice correlates with effect on spontaneous inhibitory post synaptic currents

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 724-729

  Kelley, Melissa H ^a   Kuroiwa, Masayuki ^a,b   Taguchi, Noriko ^a,c   Herson, Paco S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; GABAA receptor; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Purkinje cell; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79960013286     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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