Neurosteroid influences on sensitivity to ethanol

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Helms, Christa M ^a   Rossi, David J ^b   Grant, Kathleen A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral pharmacology; Drug discrimination; Ethanol; GABAA receptors; Neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874412750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00010     Document Type: Review

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