Neurosteroids and GABAA receptor interactions: a focus on stress

Since the pioneering discovery of the rapid CNS depressant actions of steroids by the father of stress, Hans Seyle 70 years ago, brain-derived neurosteroids have emerged as powerful endogenous modulators of neuronal excitability. The majority of the intervening research has focused on a class of nat...

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Main Authors: Benjamin George Gunn, Adam Richard Brown, Jeremy John Lambert, Delia eBelelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2011.00131/full