The Sigma1 Protein as a Target for the Non-genomic Effects of Neuro(active)steroids: Molecular, Physiological, and Behavioral Aspects

Abstract.: Steroids synthesized in the periphery or de novo in the brain, so called ‘neurosteroids’, exert both genomic and nongenomic actions on neurotransmission systems. Through rapid modulatory effects on neurotransmitter receptors, they influence inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmission. In...

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Main Authors: François P. Monnet, Tangui Maurice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2006-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319345220