Local Changes in Neurosteroid Levels in the Substantia Nigra Reticulata and the Ventral Tegmental Area Alter Chronic Ethanol Withdrawal Severity in Male Withdrawal Seizure-Prone Mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 784-793

  Tanchuck, Michelle A ^a   Cozzoli, Debra K ^a   He, Ingrid ^a   Kaufman, Katherine R ^a   Snelling, Christopher ^a   Crabbe, John C ^a,b   Mark, Gregory P ^a   Finn, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Finasteride; GABA; Neuroactive Steroid

Indexed keywords

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

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD LEVEL; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FINASTERIDE; GABA AGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; PREGNANOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

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EID: 84876813444     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12027     Document Type: Article

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