Allopregnanolone in the brain: Protecting pregnancy and birth outcomes

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-136

  Brunton, Paula J ^a   Russell, John A ^b   Hirst, Jonathan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Endogenous opioids; Gestation; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CARISOPRODOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENDORPHIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

AUTOREGULATION; BIRTH; BRAIN; DENDRITE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS GROWTH; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

3Α-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ΑHSD; 5Α-REDUCTASE; ACTH; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGOUTI-RELATED PEPTIDE; AGRP; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AVP; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR TYPE 1; CB1; CCK; CEA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE AMYGDALA; CGMP; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR TYPE 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR TYPE 2; CRH; CRH-R1; CRH-R2; CYCLIC GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; DA; DAP; DEPOLARISING AFTER-POTENTIAL; DHP; DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; DOPAMINE; ECB; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENDOGENOUS OPIOIDS; ER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GABA; GABA(A) RECEPTOR; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GESTATION; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GR; HPA; HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY-ADRENAL; HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; I.C.V.; IL-1Β; INTERLEUKIN-1Β; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; IUGR; MAGNOCELLULAR NEURONES; MAP-2; MBP; MC-2; MCNS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MELANOCORTIN-2; MICROTUBULAR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN-2; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MPOA; MR; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE; NNOS; NO; NPY; NTS; NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARII; OPIOID RECEPTOR-LIKE RECEPTOR; ORL1; OTR; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PARVOCELLULAR SUBDIVISION OF THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PENK-A; PNS; POMC; PPVN; PR; PRENATALLY STRESSED; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROENKEPHALIN-A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; PRP; PVN; V1B; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR TYPE 1B;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANOLONE;

EID: 84892836127     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2013.08.005     Document Type: Review

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