Asymmetric effects of low doses of progesterone on GABA(A) receptor α4 subunit protein expression in the olfactory bulb of female rats

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1045-1049

  Arbo, Bruno D ^a   Andrade, Susie ^a   Osterkamp, Gabriela ^a   Gomez, Rosane ^a   Ribeiro, Maria FláVia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depression; Forced swimming test; Neuroprotection; Serotonin transporter (SERT); Steroids

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; CASPASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROCASPASE 3; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GABRA4 PROTEIN, RAT; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SERT PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; OLFACTORY BULB; PROGESTERONE; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84912051442     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2014-0307     Document Type: Article

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