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Neurobiology of steroids

Title
Neurobiology of steroids / edited by E. Ronald de Kloet, Win Sutanto.
Publication
San Diego : Academic Press, ©1994.

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vol. 22TextUse in library QP356 .M475 vol.22 vol. 22Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Kloet, E. R. de.
  • Sutanto, Win.
Description
xviii, 552 pages : illustrations.
Series Statement
Methods in neurosciences, 1043-9471 ; v. 22
Uniform Title
Methods in neurosciences ; v. 22.
Subject
  • Steroids
  • Neurobiology
  • Neurobiology > methods
  • Steroids
  • Receptors, Steroid > physiology
  • Neurobiology
  • Neurobiologie
  • Steroide
  • Steroidhormon
  • Steroidhormonrezeptor
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Steroid kinetics and metabolism -- Steroid hormone transport through blood-brain barrier: methods and concepts -- Enhanced delivery of steroids to the brain using a redox-based chemical delivery system -- Neurosteroids: biosynthesis and function -- Cytochrome P450 enzymes in brain -- Methods for estimating 11[beta]-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity -- Steroid receptors -- Steroid hormone binding to intracellular receptors: in vitro and in vivo studies -- Steroid hormone binding to membrane receptors -- In vitro autoradiography for steroid receptors.
  • Immunocytochemical studies on glucocorticoid receptor -- Confocal scanning laser microscopy of steroid receptors in brain -- Ultrastructural aspects of steroid receptor localization: immunocytochemical perspective -- Hybridization studies of adrenocorticosteroid receptors in the central nervous system -- Detection and characterization of epalon receptors: novel recognition sites for neuroactive steroids that modulate the GABAa receptor complex -- Mutation analysis of steroid hormone receptors -- Molecular effects of steroids.
  • Protein-DNA-binding assay for analysis of steroid-sensitive neurons in mammalian brain -- Gene transfection studies using recombinant steroid receptors -- Regulation of neuropeptide genes: determination of responsiveness to steroids and identification of receptors in brain nuclei -- Cloning of steroid-responsive mRNAs by differential hybridization -- Molecular correlates of corticosterone action in hippocampal subregions -- Glucocorticoid-determined protein synthesis -- Use of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to block gene expression in central nervous system.
  • Cellular effects of steroids -- Steroid regulation of neuronotrophic activity: primary microcultures of midbrain raphe and hippocampus -- Central glucocorticoid receptors and neuronal plasticity -- Steroid action on neuronal structure -- Electron microscopic double and triple labeling immunocytochemistry in elucidation of synaptological interactions between ovarian steroid-sensitive neurons and circuits -- Gene-mediated steroid control of neuronal activity -- Electrophysiological studies of neurosteroid modulation of [gamma]-aminobutyric acid type A receptor.
  • In vitro approaches to studying glucocorticoid effects on gene expression in neurons and glia -- Steroid effects on integrated systems -- Behavioral approaches to study function of corticosteroids in brain -- Adrenocorticosteroids and cardiovascular regulation: methods for surgery and blood pressure measurements -- Steroids and central regulation of immune response -- Steroid hormone effects on brain: novel insights connecting cellular and molecular features of brain cells to behavior.
ISBN
  • 9780121852924
  • 012185292X
OCLC
  • ocm31593925
  • 31593925
  • SCSB-2037626
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library