Effects of different ethanol-administration regimes on mRNA and protein levels of steroid 5α-reductase isozymes in prefrontal cortex of adolescent male rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3273-3280

  Sánchez, Pilar ^a   Castro, Beatriz ^a   Torres, Jesús M ^a   Ortega, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 reductase isozymes; Adolescence; Allopregnanolone; Prefrontal cortex; Regimes of ethanol administration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; ISOENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; BINGE DRINKING; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BINGE DRINKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84897359318     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3558-6     Document Type: Article

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