The anxiolytic etifoxine activates the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor and increases the neurosteroid levels in rat brain
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
- Vol. 82 (4) , 712-720
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2005.11.013
Abstract
No abstract availableKeywords
This publication has 50 references indexed in Scilit:
- Neurosteroids and neuroactive drugs in mental disordersLife Sciences, 2004
- Neuroactive steroids: molecular mechanisms of action and implications for neuropsychopharmacologyBrain Research Reviews, 2001
- 2‐Phenyl‐imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridine derivatives as ligands for peripheral benzodiazepine receptors: stimulation of neurosteroid synthesis and anticonflict action in ratsBritish Journal of Pharmacology, 1999
- The benzodiazepine binding site of GABAA receptorsTrends in Pharmacological Sciences, 1997
- Anxiolytic effects of 3α-hydroxy-5α[β]-pregnan-20-one: endogenous metabolites of progesterone that are active at the GABAA receptorBrain Research, 1991
- Neurosteroids: a new function in the brainBiology of the Cell, 1991
- Mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptors as potential modulators of intermediary metabolismTrends in Pharmacological Sciences, 1986
- Steroid Hormone Metabolites Are Barbiturate-Like Modulators of the GABA ReceptorScience, 1986
- Differentiation between two ligands for peripheral benzodiazepine binding sites, [3H]R05-4864 and [3H]PK 11195, by thermodynamic studiesLife Sciences, 1983
- Labelling of “Peripheral‐Type” Benzodiazepine Binding Sites in the Rat Brain By Using [3H]PK 11195, an Isoquinoline Carboxamide Derivative: Kinetic Studies and Autoradiographic LocalizationJournal of Neurochemistry, 1983