Neonatal allopregnanolone levels alteration: Effects on behavior and role of the hippocampus

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-105

  Darbra, S ^a   Modol L ^a   Llido A ^a   Casas, C ^a,b   Vallee M ^c   Pallares M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Development; Emotional behavior; Hippocampus; Neurosteroids; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MATURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFUSION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; NEONATAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY GATING; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ALLOP; ALLOPREGNANOLONE; COTRANSPORTER K(+)-CL(-) 2; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEVELOPMENT; DHEA; EARLY MATERNAL SEPARATION; EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR; EMS; GABA; GABA(A)R; GAMMA AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KCC2; MAP2; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROSTEROIDS; NMDA; PN; POSTNATAL DAY; PPI; PREPULSE INHIBITION; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; THDOC; TYPE A GAMMA AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID RECEPTORS;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANOLONE;

EID: 84892888750     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2013.07.007     Document Type: Review

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