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Neurosteroids and brain function /

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International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 46 presents in-depth reviews on such ground-breaking topics as assembly and intracellular trafficking of GABA A receptors, D-1 dopamine receptors, and Alzheimer's disease. This series offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Biggio, Giovanni (Editor), Purdy, R. H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, ©2001.
Series:International review of neurobiology ; v. 46.
Subjects:
Neuroendocrinology.
Steroids.
Neurobiology.
Neuropharmacology.
Brain > physiology
Steroids > physiology
Receptors, Steroid > physiology
Neuropharmacology
Neuroendocrinology
Steroids
Neurobiology
Neurobiologie.
Neuroendocrinologie.
Stéroïdes.
Neuropharmacologie.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Neurosteroids: beginning of the story / Etienne E. Baulieu, P. Robel, and M. Schumacher
  • Biosynthesis of neurosteroids and regulation of their synthesis / Synthia H. Mellon and Hubert Vaudry
  • Neurosteroid 7-hydroxylation products in the brain / Robert Morfin and Luboslav Stárka
  • Neurosteroid analysis / Ahmed A. Alomary, Robert L. Fitzgerald, and Robert H. Purdy
  • Role of the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor in adrenal and brain steroidogenesis / Rachel C. Brown and Vassilios Papadopoulos
  • Formation and effects of neuroactive steroids in the central and peripheral nervous system / Roberto Cosimo Melcangi [and others]
  • Neurosteroid modulation of recombinant and synaptic GABAA receptors / Jeremy J. Lambert [and others]
  • GABAA-receptor plasticity during long-term exposure to and withdrawal from progesterone / Giovanni Biggio [and others]
  • Stress and neuroactive steroids / Maria Luisa Barbaccia [and others]
  • Neurosteroids in learning and memory processes / Monique Vallée [and others]
  • Neurosteroids and behavior / Sharon R. Engel and Kathleen A. Grant
  • Ethanol and neurosteroid interactions in the brain / A. Leslie Morrow [and others]
  • Preclinical development of neurosteroids as neuroprotective agents for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases / Paul A. Lapchak and Dalia M. Araujo
  • Clinical implications of circulating neurosteroids / Andrea R. Genazzani [and others]
  • Neuroactive steroids and central nervous system disorders / Mingde Wang [and others]
  • Neuroactive steroids in neuropsychopharmacology / Rainer Rupprecht and Florian Holsboer
  • Current perspectives on the role of neurosteroids in PMS and depression / Lisa D. Griffin, Susan C. Conrad, and Synthia H. Mellon.