Neonatal neurosteroid levels are determinant in shaping adult prepulse inhibition response to hippocampal allopregnanolone in rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1397-1406

  Darbra, Sònia ^a   Modol, Laura ^a   Vallée, Monique ^b,c   Pallarès, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Allopregnanolone; Behaviour; Hippocampus; Neurodevelopment; Pregnenolone sulphate; Prepulse inhibition; Rat; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; FINASTERIDE; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REFLEX;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FINASTERIDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84878656301     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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