Neurosteroids: A New Regulatory Function in the Nervous System (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780896035454)

Etienne-Emile Baulieu, the discoverer of neurosteroids, and a panel of distinguished scientists and clinical researchers exhaustively and critically review all facets of neurosteroids involved in behavior, stress, memory, depression, anxiety, aging of the brain, and neurodegenerative diseases. These contributors illuminate the role of neurosteroids in brain development and plasticity and detail their neuromodulatory influence on GABAA, ionotropic glutamate receptors, acetylcholine receptors, sigma receptors, and calcium channels. Clearly pointing the way toward novel pharmaceutical agents that may be of significant therapeutic value, particularly with regard to aging mental functions, Neurosteroids: A New Regulatory Function in the Nervous System offers neurobiologists, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, pharmacologists, and geriatricians the first comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of these important bioactive molecules.

Author: Etienne-Emile Baulieu
ISBN-10: 089603545X
ISBN-13: 9780896035454
Publisher: Humana
Language: English
Published: 07/23/1999
Pages: 378
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 10.30h x 7.30w x 0.98d