The Testosterone-Derived Neurosteroid Androstanediol Is a Positive Allosteric Modulator of GABAA Receptors

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

• Publication date

  2010-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1124/jpet.110.169854PMID 20551294PMCID PMC2939675
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