Female reproductive steroids and neuronal excitability

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Finocchi, C ^a   Ferrari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Migraine; Neuronal excitability; Reproductive steroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CATAMENIAL EPILEPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEURONS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 79960137338     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0532-5     Document Type: Article

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