Neonatal finasteride administration alters hippocampal α4 and δ GABAAR subunits expression and behavioural responses to progesterone in adult rats

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-273

  Modol, Laura ^a   Casas, Caty ^b   Navarro, Xavier ^b   Llidó, Anna ^a   Vallée, Monique ^c   Pallarès, Marc ^a   Darbra, Sònia ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Finasteride; GABAAR 4 subunit; GABAAR subunit; hippocampus; neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; FINASTERIDE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84891792619     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145713000989     Document Type: Article

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