Reduction of circulating and selective limbic brain levels of (3α,5α)-3-hydroxy-pregnan-20-one (3α,5α-THP) following forced swim stress in C57BL/6J mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3281-3292

  Maldonado Devincci, Antoniette M ^a,b   Beattie, Matthew C ^a   Morrow, Danielle H ^a   McKinley, Raechel E ^a   Cook, Jason B ^a,b   O'Buckley, Todd K ^a   Morrow, A Leslie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 ,5 THP; Allopregnanolone; Neuroactive steroids; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ELTANOLONE; SLC17A7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VIAAT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED SWIM TEST; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANOLONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84956751249     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3552-z     Document Type: Article

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