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pregnanolone and Alcohol Abuse

pregnanolone has been researched along with Alcohol Abuse in 26 studies

Research

Studies (26)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's4 (15.38)18.2507
2000's11 (42.31)29.6817
2010's8 (30.77)24.3611
2020's3 (11.54)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Auta, J; Camussi, D; Gatta, E; Guidotti, A; Pandey, SC1
Tomaselli, G; Vallée, M1
Boero, G; Morrow, AL; Porcu, P1
Aspesi, D; Gatta, E; Grayson, DR; Guidotti, A; Pandey, SC; Pinna, G; Saudagar, V1
Crabbe, JC; Finn, DA; Ford, MM; Helms, ML; Jensen, JP; Nipper, MA; Rossi, DJ1
Becker, HC; Cook, JB; Lopez, MF; Maldonado-Devincci, AM; McKinley, RE; Morrow, AL; Morrow, DH; O'Buckley, TK1
Amato, RJ; Hulin, MW; Lawrence, MN; Weed, PF; Winsauer, PJ1
Beattie, MC; Hasirci, AS; Maldonado-Devincci, AM; Morrow, AL; O'Buckley, TK1
Finn, DA; Ford, MM; Fretwell, A; Strong, MN; Tanchuck, M; Yoneyama, N1
Gurkovskaya, OV; Winsauer, PJ1
Beckley, EH; Finn, DA; Ford, MM; Kaufman, KR1
Crabbe, JC; Finn, DA; Ford, MM; Hashimoto, J; Long, SL; Roselli, CE; Tanchuck, MA; Wiren, KM1
Alward, SE; Becker, HC; Biggio, G; Lopez, MF; Morrow, AL; O'Buckley, TK; Porcu, P; Serra, M1
Ashenhurst, JR; Hutchison, KE; Morrow, AL; Ray, LA1
Besheer, J; Hodge, CW; Lindsay, TG; Morrow, AL; O'Buckley, TK1
Cerný, I; Havlíková, H; Hill, M; Kancheva, L; Kancheva, R; Popov, P; Pouzar, V; Stárka, L; Vrbíková, J1
Cerny, I; Cibula, D; Havlikova, H; Hill, M; Kancheva, L; Kancheva, R; Meloun, M; Popov, P; Pouzar, V; Starka, L; Vrbikova, J1
Bäckström, T; Biggio, G; Finn, DA; Janak, PH; Purdy, RH; Valenzuela, CF1
Biggio, F; Biggio, G; Follesa, P; Murru, L; Sanna, E; Serra, M; Talani, G1
Becker, HC; Besheer, J; Crissman, AM; Grant, KA; Hodge, CW; Platt, DM; Shannon, EE; Shelton, KL1
Murphy, NP; Okabe, C; Sakoori, K1
Devaud, LL; Morrow, AL; Paul, SM; Purdy, RH1
Zimmerberg, B1
Janak, PH; Redfern, JE; Samson, HH1
Devaud, LL; Janis, GC; Mitsuyama, H; Morrow, AL1
Fleming, R; Morrow, AL; Penland, S; VanDoren, MJ1

Reviews

8 review(s) available for pregnanolone and Alcohol Abuse

ArticleYear
Neurosteroids (allopregnanolone) and alcohol use disorder: From mechanisms to potential pharmacotherapy.
    Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022, Volume: 240

    Topics: Alcoholism; Anxiety; Ethanol; Humans; Neurosteroids; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A

2022
Stress and drug abuse-related disorders: The promising therapeutic value of neurosteroids focus on pregnenolone-progesterone-allopregnanolone pathway.
    Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2019, Volume: 55

    Topics: Alcoholism; Animals; Marijuana Use; Neurosteroids; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone; Progesterone; Signal Transduction; Stress, Psychological

2019
A Rationale for Allopregnanolone Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: Basic and Clinical Studies.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2020, Volume: 44, Issue:2

    Topics: Alcoholism; Anesthetics; Animals; Brain; Clinical Trials as Topic; Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; Humans; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-B; Treatment Outcome

2020
Manipulation of GABAergic steroids: Sex differences in the effects on alcohol drinking- and withdrawal-related behaviors.
    Hormones and behavior, 2010, Volume: 57, Issue:1

    Topics: Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Female; GABA Agonists; GABA-A Receptor Agonists; Male; Mice; Pregnanolone; Rats; Receptors, GABA-A; Reinforcement, Psychology; Sex Characteristics; Sex Factors; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

2010
The role of neuroactive steroids in ethanol/stress interactions: proceedings of symposium VII at the Volterra conference on alcohol and stress, May 2008.
    Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2009, Volume: 43, Issue:7

    Topics: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Alcoholism; Animals; Corticosterone; Ethanol; Humans; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Mice; Pituitary-Adrenal System; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A; Social Isolation; Stress, Psychological

2009
Neurosteroids, GABAA receptors, and ethanol dependence.
    Psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 186, Issue:3

    Topics: Alcoholism; Animals; Brain; Ethanol; Gene Expression Regulation; Humans; Neurons; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A; RNA, Messenger; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

2006
Neuroactive steroid modulators of the stress response.
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1995, Dec-29, Volume: 771

    Topics: Adrenalectomy; Alcoholism; Animals; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; Desoxycorticosterone; Estrus; Female; Flunitrazepam; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Male; Menstruation; Pregnancy; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone; Receptors, GABA; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Stress, Physiological

1995
Ethanol and neurosteroid interactions in the brain.
    International review of neurobiology, 2001, Volume: 46

    Topics: Alcoholism; Animals; Brain Chemistry; Central Nervous System Depressants; Ethanol; Humans; Pregnanolone

2001

Trials

1 trial(s) available for pregnanolone and Alcohol Abuse

ArticleYear
Naltrexone selectively elevates GABAergic neuroactive steroid levels in heavy drinkers with the Asp40 allele of the OPRM1 gene: a pilot investigation.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2010, Volume: 34, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Alleles; Amino Acid Substitution; Aspartic Acid; Double-Blind Method; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Humans; Male; Naltrexone; Pilot Projects; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Pregnanolone; Receptors, Opioid, mu; Young Adult

2010

Other Studies

17 other study(ies) available for pregnanolone and Alcohol Abuse

ArticleYear
Epigenetic Regulation of GABAergic Neurotransmission and Neurosteroid Biosynthesis in Alcohol Use Disorder.
    The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 2021, 02-15, Volume: 24, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Autopsy; Cerebellum; Cohort Studies; DNA Methylation; Epigenesis, Genetic; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Humans; Male; Neurosteroids; Prefrontal Cortex; Pregnanolone; Protein Biosynthesis; Receptors, GABA-A; Synaptic Transmission

2021
Ethanol withdrawal-induced dysregulation of neurosteroid levels in plasma, cortex, and hippocampus in genetic animal models of high and low withdrawal.
    Psychopharmacology, 2017, Volume: 234, Issue:18

    Topics: Administration, Inhalation; Alcoholism; Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Disease Models, Animal; Ethanol; Female; Hippocampus; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred DBA; Mice, Transgenic; Neurotransmitter Agents; Pregnanolone; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

2017
Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure and withdrawal alters (3α,5α)-3-hydroxy-pregnan-20-one immunostaining in cortical and limbic brain regions of C57BL/6J mice.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2014, Volume: 38, Issue:10

    Topics: Alcoholism; Animals; Anxiety; Central Amygdaloid Nucleus; Corpus Striatum; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Ethanol; Hippocampus; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Models, Animal; Nucleus Accumbens; Prefrontal Cortex; Pregnanolone; Stress, Psychological; Time Factors; Withholding Treatment

2014
Comparison of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and pregnanolone with existing pharmacotherapies for alcohol abuse on ethanol- and food-maintained responding in male rats.
    Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2015, Volume: 49, Issue:2

    Topics: Acamprosate; Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Animals; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Eating; Ethanol; Male; Naltrexone; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans; Self Administration; Taurine

2015
Cellular GABAergic Neuroactive Steroid (3α,5α)-3-Hydroxy-Pregnan-20-One (3α,5α-THP) Immunostaining Levels Are Increased in the Ventral Tegmental Area of Human Alcohol Use Disorder Patients: A Postmortem Study.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2017, Volume: 41, Issue:2

    Topics: Alcohol-Related Disorders; Alcoholism; Autopsy; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Hepatitis, Alcoholic; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Middle Aged; Pregnanolone; Sex Characteristics; Substantia Nigra; Ventral Tegmental Area

2017
Inhibition of 5alpha-reduced steroid biosynthesis impedes acquisition of ethanol drinking in male C57BL/6J mice.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2008, Volume: 32, Issue:8

    Topics: Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Finasteride; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A; Time Factors

2008
Discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol, pregnanolone, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in rats administered ethanol or saline as adolescents.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2009, Volume: 93, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Alcoholism; Animals; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Discrimination, Psychological; Ethanol; Humans; Male; Models, Animal; Pregnanolone; Psychology, Adolescent; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans

2009
Selected line difference in the effects of ethanol dependence and withdrawal on allopregnanolone levels and 5alpha-reductase enzyme activity and expression.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2009, Volume: 33, Issue:12

    Topics: Administration, Inhalation; Alcoholism; Animals; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Central Nervous System Depressants; Ethanol; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Hippocampus; Hydrocortisone; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred Strains; Oxidoreductases; Pregnanolone; Radioimmunoassay; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Species Specificity; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

2009
Pregnenolone and ganaxolone reduce operant ethanol self-administration in alcohol-preferring p rats.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2010, Volume: 34, Issue:12

    Topics: Alcoholism; Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Conditioning, Operant; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Ethanol; Male; Motor Activity; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Self Administration

2010
Altered profiles of serum neuroactive steroids in premenopausal women treated for alcohol addiction.
    Steroids, 2005, Volume: 70, Issue:8

    Topics: Alcoholism; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; Estradiol; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone; Premenopause; Progesterone; Radioimmunoassay; Stereoisomerism; Steroids; Time Factors

2005
Reinstatement of serum pregnanolone isomers and progesterone during alcohol detoxification therapy in premenopausal women.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2005, Volume: 29, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Estradiol; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Linear Models; Longitudinal Studies; Menstrual Cycle; Middle Aged; Pregnanolone; Premenopause; Progesterone; Radioimmunoassay; Regression Analysis; Treatment Outcome

2005
Neuroactive steroids and ethanol.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2005, Volume: 29, Issue:7

    Topics: Alcoholism; Animals; Brain; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Female; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Humans; Male; Menstrual Cycle; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Pregnancy; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A

2005
Understanding how the brain perceives alcohol: neurobiological basis of ethanol discrimination.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2006, Volume: 30, Issue:2

    Topics: Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcoholism; Animals; Brain; Discrimination Learning; Drug Tolerance; Ethanol; Female; Haplorhini; Humans; Male; Mice; Pregnanolone; Rats; Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5; Receptors, GABA-A; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Receptors, Neurotransmitter; Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3

2006
Lack of evidence of a role for the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in ethanol-induced reward and c-fos expression in DBA/2 mice.
    Brain research, 2006, Jun-13, Volume: 1094, Issue:1

    Topics: 3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase; 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors; Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System; Alcoholism; Animals; Brain; Central Nervous System Depressants; Conditioning, Psychological; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Interactions; Enzyme Inhibitors; Ethanol; Finasteride; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred DBA; Motor Activity; Pregnanolone; Progesterone; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; Reward; Ventral Tegmental Area

2006
The role of neurosteroids in alcohol-related behaviors: new studies from the laboratory and clinic.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 1996, Volume: 20, Issue:8 Suppl

    Topics: Affect; Alcoholism; Animals; Arousal; Behavior, Animal; Brain; Desoxycorticosterone; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Gonadal Steroid Hormones; Hormones; Humans; Male; Neurotransmitter Agents; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A; Synaptic Transmission

1996
The reinforcing effects of ethanol are altered by the endogenous neurosteroid, allopregnanolone.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 1998, Volume: 22, Issue:5

    Topics: Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Animals; Conditioning, Operant; Male; Motivation; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans; Receptors, GABA; Reinforcement Schedule; Self Administration

1998
Effects of chronic ethanol consumption and withdrawal on the neuroactive steroid 3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one in male and female rats.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 1998, Volume: 22, Issue:9

    Topics: Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium; Alcoholism; Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Estrus; Female; Male; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sex Factors

1998