New perspectives in neurosteroid action: Open questions for future research

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rupprecht, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; GABA; Ion channel; Neurosteroid; TSPO

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; GANAXOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PANIC; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 84907288642     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00268     Document Type: Article

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