Neuroactive Steroids in Brain Function, Behavior and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Novel Strategies for Research and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ritsner, Michael S. (Editor), Weizman, Abraham (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Laboratory medicine.; Neurosciences.; Endocrinology.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Biological psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Biological Psychology.; Laboratory Medicine.

Over the past few decades the involvement of neurosteroids in brain function and mental health has attracted much interest, not only from a neuroscience perspective, but also from clinical and therapeutic aspects. In recent years, much of the research has focused on the multifunctional position of n...

Table of Contents:

• Neuroactive Steroids and Brain Functions
• Neurosteroid: Molecular Mechanisms of Action on the GABAA Receptor
• Steroid Metabolism in Glial Cells
• Involvement of Neuroactive Steroids in Hippocampal Disorders: Lessons from Animal Models
• Estrogen Modulation of Visceral Nociception
• Neuroactive Steroids: Effects on Cognitive Functions
• Estrogen, Cholinergic System and Cognition
• Local Production of Estrogen and its Rapid Modulatory Action on Synaptic Plasticity
• Effects of Estradiol and DHEA on Morphological Synaptic Plasticity
• Pregnane Steroids and Short-Term Neural Plasticity
• Steroidogenesis and Neuroplasticity in the Songbird Brain
• Dehydroepiandrosterone, as Endogenous Inhibitor of Neuronal Cell Apoptosis: Potential Therapeutic Implications in Neurodegenerative Diseases
• DHEA and DHEA-S, and their Functions in the Brain and Adrenal Medulla
• Neurosteroids in the Aging Brain
• Neuroactive Steroids and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Dehydroepiandrosterone and Pregnenolone Alterations in Schizophrenia
• Neurosteroids in Cortical Development and the Etiology of Schizophrenia
• Neurosteroid Perturbation and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Schizophrenia: From the Mechanisms to the Treatment
• Dehydroepiandrosterone Administration in Treating Medical and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Allopregnanolone and Pregnenolone Alterations Following Pharmacological Agents in Rodents and Clinic Populations
• Reconsidering Classifi cations of Depression Syndromes: Lessons from Neuroactive Steroids and Evolutionary Sciences
• Neuroactive Steroids in Brain and Relevance to Mood
• The Role of Neuroactive Steroids in Anxiety Disorders
• The Role of Midbrain 3?,5?-THP in Mediating Exploration, Anxiety, Social, and Reproductive Behavior
• The Role of Progesterone and its Metabolites in Premenstrual Disorders of Affect
• Neurosteroid Derangement in Women Diagnosed with Eating Disorders
• Neurosteroids in Alcohol and Substance Use
• The Role of Neurosteroids in Development of Pediatric Psychopathology.