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pregnanolone and Depression

pregnanolone has been researched along with Depression in 51 studies

Research

Studies (51)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's2 (3.92)18.2507
2000's13 (25.49)29.6817
2010's26 (50.98)24.3611
2020's10 (19.61)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Betz, JF; Hantsoo, L; Osborne, LM; Payne, JL; Standeven, LR; Voegtline, K; Yenokyan, G1
Chen, J; Hu, L; Peng, H; Yang, K; Zeng, X; Zhu, W1
Brunner, LM; Kufner, M; Nothdurfter, C; Pradhan, AK; Puig, X; Rammes, G; Rupprecht, C; Rupprecht, R; Schwarzbach, J; Wein, S1
Concas, A; Porcu, P; Serra, M1
Froger, N1
Daly, EJ; Drevets, WC; Fedgchin, M; Hough, D; Mathews, M; Popova, V; Singh, JB1
Andrade-Soto, J; Cueto-Escobedo, J; Hernández-López, F; Lima-Maximino, M; Maximino, C; Rodríguez-Landa, JF1
Fujita, Y; Hashimoto, K; Iwata, M; Muneoka, K; Oda, Y; Shirayama, Y1
Deng, ZD; Henter, ID; Kadriu, B; Kraus, C; Lisanby, SH; Zarate, CA1
Deligiannidis, KM; Dubuke, ML; Kroll-Desrosiers, AR; Shaffer, SA; Tan, Y1
Fidecicchi, T; Fruzzetti, F1
Hirose, Y; Iyo, M; Kimura, H; Kimura, M; Nangaku, M; Oda, Y; Shirayama, Y; Yoshino, K1
Andréen, L; Bäckström, T; Bixo, M; Ehrenborg, A; Ekberg, K; Hirschberg, AL; Jonasson, AF; Poromaa, IS; Timby, E; Wulff, M1
Gong, J; Guo, Y; Jiang, XY; Li, L; Li, YF; Sun, LJ; Sun, SZ; Wang, HL; Wang, W; Zhang, LM; Zhang, YZ1
Comasco, E; Hellgren, C; Skalkidou, A; Sundström-Poromaa, I1
Drakopoulos, P; Genazzani, AR; Luisi, M; Pluchino, N; Sajdak, S; Slopien, R; Warenik-Szymankiewicz, A1
Dichtel, LE; Eddy, KT; Klibanski, A; Lawson, EA; Meenaghan, E; Miller, KK; Nelson, M; Paskal, ML; Pinna, G; Rasmusson, AM; Schorr, M1
Chen, JS; He, JL; Liu, X; Nie, H; Qiu, ZK; Zhong, DS1
Burke, CS; Hermann, AD; Susser, LC1
McEvoy, K; Osborne, LM; Payne, JL1
Carrillo, NR; Giulivi, C; Hagerman, RJ; Napoli, E; Rogawski, M; Schneider, A; Tassone, F; Trivedi, A; Wang, JY1
Almeida, FB; Barros, HMT; Gomez, R; Nin, MS1
Lüscher, B; Möhler, H1
Bali, A; Jaggi, AS1
al'Absi, M; Allen, AM; Allen, SS; Hatsukami, D; Lando, H1
Nothdurfter, C; Rupprecht, R; Schüle, C1
Berretti, R; Concas, A; Locci, A; Porcu, P; Santoru, F1
Åkerud, H; Bäckström, T; Hellgren, C; Skalkidou, A; Sundström-Poromaa, I1
Chung, BC; Weng, JH1
Bičíková, M; Dušková, M; Hill, M; Mohr, P; Řípová, D; Šrámková, M; Stárka, L1
Chen, JS; He, JL; Liu, X; Nie, H; Qiu, ZK; Shen, YG; Zeng, J; Zhang, GH1
Frye, CA; Koonce, CJ; Walf, AA1
Canu, S; D'Aquila, PS; Franconi, F; Sardella, M; Serra, G; Spanu, C1
Fukami, G; Fukumoto, M; Hashimoto, K; Iyo, M; Muneoka, K; Shirayama, Y; Tadokoro, S1
Reddy, DS1
Connor, B; Evans, J; McGregor, A; Sun, Y1
Agnes, G; Azeredo, LA; Barros, HM; Couto-Pereira, NS; Ferri, MK; Gomez, R; Nin, MS; Souza, MF1
Chopde, CT; Hirani, K; Khisti, RT1
Ceci, M; Kohler, C; Uzunov, DP; Uzunova, V; Wrynn, AS1
Frye, CA; Walf, AA2
Begliuomini, S; Bernardi, F; Genazzani, AR; Lenzi, E; Luisi, M; Palumbo, M; Pluchino, N1
Girdler, SS; Klatzkin, RR; Light, KC; Morrow, AL; Pedersen, CA1
Sampson, L; Uzunov, DP; Uzunova, V1
Baghai, TC; di Michele, F; Eser, D; Pasini, A; Romeo, E; Rupprecht, R; Schüle, C; Schwarz, M1
Beckley, EH; Finn, DA1
Aszalós, Z1
Bäckström, T; Sundström, I1
Akhondzadeh, S; Stone, TW1
Chopde, CT; Khisti, RT1
Conrad, SC; Griffin, LD; Mellon, SH1

Reviews

15 review(s) available for pregnanolone and Depression

ArticleYear
Neurosteroids and translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) in depression: implications for synaptic plasticity, cognition, and treatment options.
    European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 2023, Volume: 273, Issue:7

    Topics: Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepines; Carrier Proteins; Cognition; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Humans; Ligands; Neuronal Plasticity; Neurosteroids; Neurotransmitter Agents; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA; Receptors, GABA-A

2023
The brain as a target of hormonal contraceptives: Evidence from animal studies.
    Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2019, Volume: 55

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Brain; Contraceptive Agents, Hormonal; Depression; Female; Humans; Learning; Neuropeptides; Neurosteroids; Pregnanolone; Sexual Behavior; Social Behavior; Stress, Psychological; Synaptic Transmission

2019
[New therapeutic avenues for neurosteroids in psychiatric diseases].
    Biologie aujourd'hui, 2019, Volume: 213, Issue:3-4

    Topics: Animals; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; Depression; Drugs, Investigational; Humans; Mental Disorders; Neuronal Plasticity; Neurosteroids; Pregnanolone; Psychiatry; Signal Transduction; Therapies, Investigational

2019
Hormonal Contraception and Depression: Updated Evidence and Implications in Clinical Practice.
    Clinical drug investigation, 2020, Volume: 40, Issue:12

    Topics: Adolescent; Animals; Depression; Female; Hormonal Contraception; Humans; Menstrual Cycle; Pregnanolone; Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; Premenstrual Syndrome; Progesterone; Young Adult

2020
GABA
    Archives of women's mental health, 2019, Volume: 22, Issue:1

    Topics: Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Humans; Menstruation; Mood Disorders; Postpartum Period; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA; Weaning

2019
Neuroactive Steroids and Perinatal Depression: a Review of Recent Literature.
    Current psychiatry reports, 2018, 08-09, Volume: 20, Issue:9

    Topics: Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnanolone

2018
Brexanolone, a neurosteroid antidepressant, vindicates the GABAergic deficit hypothesis of depression and may foster resilience.
    F1000Research, 2019, Volume: 8

    Topics: Antidepressive Agents; beta-Cyclodextrins; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Drug Combinations; Female; GABA Modulators; Humans; Neurosteroids; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A

2019
Multifunctional aspects of allopregnanolone in stress and related disorders.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2014, Jan-03, Volume: 48

    Topics: Anxiety; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Calcium Channels; Depression; Dopamine; Glutamic Acid; Humans; Oxytocin; Pregnanolone; Receptors, GABA-A; Stress, Psychological

2014
The role of allopregnanolone in depression and anxiety.
    Progress in neurobiology, 2014, Volume: 113

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Depression; Humans; Pregnanolone

2014
Nongenomic actions of neurosteroid pregnenolone and its metabolites.
    Steroids, 2016, Volume: 111

    Topics: 17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone; Animals; Depression; Humans; Microtubules; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Neurotransmitter Agents; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone

2016
Neurosteroids: endogenous role in the human brain and therapeutic potentials.
    Progress in brain research, 2010, Volume: 186

    Topics: Androstane-3,17-diol; Anesthetics; Anxiety; Brain; Depression; Female; Humans; Male; Neurotransmitter Agents; Pregnanolone; Premenstrual Syndrome; Receptors, GABA-A; Seizures; Sex Characteristics; Stress, Physiological

2010
Disadaptive disorders in women: allopregnanolone, a sensitive steroid.
    Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, 2004, Volume: 19, Issue:6

    Topics: Affect; Amenorrhea; Animals; Anxiety; Behavior; Depression; Female; Humans; Hypothalamus; Menopause; Mental Disorders; Mood Disorders; Pregnanolone; Premenstrual Syndrome; Puerperal Disorders; Stress, Physiological

2004
Relevance of endogenous 3alpha-reduced neurosteroids to depression and antidepressant action.
    Psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 186, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Depression; Humans; Pregnanolone; Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

2006
[Neurological and psychiatric aspects of some endocrine diseases. The role of neurosteroids and neuroactive steroids].
    Orvosi hetilap, 2007, Oct-14, Volume: 148, Issue:41

    Topics: Addison Disease; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Androgens; Anxiety; Cognition Disorders; Cushing Syndrome; Depression; Endocrine System Diseases; Estrogens; Fear; Fetal Organ Maturity; Gonadal Steroid Hormones; Humans; Memory Disorders; Mental Disorders; Mood Disorders; Muscle Weakness; Nervous System Diseases; Pain; Pregnanolone; Progesterone

2007
Current perspectives on the role of neurosteroids in PMS and depression.
    International review of neurobiology, 2001, Volume: 46

    Topics: Animals; Brain Chemistry; Depression; Female; Humans; Pregnanolone; Premenstrual Syndrome

2001

Trials

5 trial(s) available for pregnanolone and Depression

ArticleYear
Treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder with the GABA
    Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2017, Volume: 80

    Topics: Adult; Affect; Anger; Anxiety; Contraceptives, Oral; Depression; Double-Blind Method; Female; Follicular Phase; GABA-A Receptor Antagonists; Humans; Luteal Phase; Menstrual Cycle; Middle Aged; Pregnanolone; Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; Premenstrual Syndrome; Progesterone; Receptors, GABA-A; Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

2017
Allopregnanolone Treatment Improves Plasma Metabolomic Profile Associated with GABA Metabolism in Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome: a Pilot Study.
    Molecular neurobiology, 2019, Volume: 56, Issue:5

    Topics: Aged; Anxiety; Ataxia; Depression; Energy Metabolism; Fragile X Syndrome; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Humans; Male; Metabolomics; Middle Aged; Mitochondria; Ornithine; Oxidative Stress; Pilot Projects; Pregnanolone; Tremor

2019
Menstrual phase, depressive symptoms, and allopregnanolone during short-term smoking cessation.
    Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2013, Volume: 21, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Comorbidity; Cross-Over Studies; Depression; Female; Follicular Phase; Humans; Luteal Phase; Pregnanolone; Recurrence; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Smoking Prevention; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Young Adult

2013
Effects of combination treatment with mood stabilizers and mirtazapine on plasma concentrations of neuroactive steroids in depressed patients.
    Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2007, Volume: 32, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Depression; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Lithium Compounds; Male; Mianserin; Middle Aged; Mirtazapine; Pregnanolone; Progesterone; Steroids; Tranquilizing Agents

2007
Citalopram increases pregnanolone sensitivity in patients with premenstrual syndrome: an open trial.
    Psychoneuroendocrinology, 1998, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Affect; Citalopram; Depression; Eye Movements; Female; Humans; Libido; Middle Aged; Pregnanolone; Premenstrual Syndrome; Radioimmunoassay; Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

1998

Other Studies

31 other study(ies) available for pregnanolone and Depression

ArticleYear
Allopregnanolone and depression and anxiety symptoms across the peripartum: an exploratory study.
    Archives of women's mental health, 2022, Volume: 25, Issue:2

    Topics: Anxiety; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Humans; Peripartum Period; Pregnancy; Pregnanolone; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

2022
Paeoniflorin exhibits antidepressant activity in rats with postpartum depression via the TSPO and BDNF‑mTOR pathways.
    Acta neurobiologiae experimentalis, 2022, Volume: 82, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Carrier Proteins; Corticosterone; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Disease Models, Animal; Estradiol; Estrogen Receptor alpha; Estrogen Receptor beta; Female; Fluoxetine; Glucosides; Hippocampus; Humans; Monoterpenes; Pregnancy; Pregnanolone; Progesterone; Rats; Receptors, GABA-A; Stress, Psychological; Sucrose; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

2022
Approval of esketamine for treatment-resistant depression.
    The lancet. Psychiatry, 2020, Volume: 7, Issue:3

    Topics: beta-Cyclodextrins; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant; Drug Combinations; Humans; Ketamine; Pregnanolone; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration

2020
Involvement of GABAergic system in the antidepressant-like effects of chrysin (5,7-dihydroxyflavone) in ovariectomized rats in the forced swim test: comparison with neurosteroids.
    Behavioural brain research, 2020, 05-27, Volume: 386

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Bicuculline; Depression; Female; Flavonoids; GABAergic Neurons; Locomotion; Neurosteroids; Ovariectomy; Pregnanolone; Progesterone; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, GABA-A

2020
Allopregnanolone induces antidepressant-like effects through BDNF-TrkB signaling independent from AMPA receptor activation in a rat learned helplessness model of depression.
    Behavioural brain research, 2020, 07-15, Volume: 390

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Azepines; Behavior, Animal; Benzamides; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; Helplessness, Learned; Male; Pregnanolone; Quinoxalines; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptor, trkB; Receptors, AMPA; Signal Transduction

2020
Not So Fast: Recent Successes and Failures in Treating Depression.
    The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2020, 05-26, Volume: 81, Issue:4

    Topics: beta-Cyclodextrins; Depression; Drug Combinations; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; GABA Modulators; Humans; Ketamine; Pregnanolone

2020
Longitudinal proneuroactive and neuroactive steroid profiles in medication-free women with, without and at-risk for perinatal depression: A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis.
    Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2020, Volume: 121

    Topics: 20-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone; Adult; Anxiety; Chromatography, Liquid; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Depressive Disorder; Desoxycorticosterone; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Neurosteroids; Parturition; Pregnancy; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone; Prenatal Care; Progesterone; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Tandem Mass Spectrometry

2020
Astroglial glutamate transporter 1 and glutamine synthetase of the nucleus accumbens are involved in the antidepressant-like effects of allopregnanolone in learned helplessness rats.
    Behavioural brain research, 2021, 03-05, Volume: 401

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Behavior, Animal; CA1 Region, Hippocampal; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2; Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase; Helplessness, Learned; Male; Nucleus Accumbens; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

2021
Overexpression of the 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) in the hippocampal dentate gyrus produced anxiolytic and antidepressant-like behavioural effects.
    Neuropharmacology, 2017, Volume: 125

    Topics: 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors; Animals; Anxiety; Dentate Gyrus; Depression; Finasteride; Genetic Vectors; Isoquinolines; Lentivirus; Male; Mice, Inbred ICR; Motor Activity; Pregnanolone; Psychotropic Drugs; Receptors, GABA

2017
Allopregnanolone levels and depressive symptoms during pregnancy in relation to single nucleotide polymorphisms in the allopregnanolone synthesis pathway.
    Hormones and behavior, 2017, Volume: 94

    Topics: 3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase; Adult; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Genetic Association Studies; Humans; Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; Membrane Proteins; Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Oxidoreductases; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnanolone; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

2017
Correlation between allopregnanolone levels and depressive symptoms during late menopausal transition and early postmenopause.
    Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, 2018, Volume: 34, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female; Humans; Incidence; Menopause; Middle Aged; Poland; Postmenopause; Pregnanolone; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Severity of Illness Index; Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic

2018
Neuroactive Steroids and Affective Symptoms in Women Across the Weight Spectrum.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018, Volume: 43, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Affective Symptoms; Androstane-3,17-diol; Anorexia Nervosa; Anxiety; Body Mass Index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Female; Humans; Overweight; Pregnanolone; Progesterone; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Severity of Illness Index; Testosterone; Thinness

2018
The anxiolytic-like effects of puerarin are associated with the changes of monoaminergic neurotransmitters and biosynthesis of allopregnanolone in the brain.
    Metabolic brain disease, 2018, Volume: 33, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Anxiety; Brain; Depression; Isoflavones; Male; Maze Learning; Neurotransmitter Agents; Pregnanolone; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Serotonin

2018
Hemisphere-dependent Changes in mRNA Expression of GABA
    Neuroscience, 2019, 01-15, Volume: 397

    Topics: Animals; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Depression; Functional Laterality; GABA Agents; Gene Expression; Hippocampus; Male; Prefrontal Cortex; Pregnanolone; Psychotropic Drugs; Random Allocation; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, GABA-A; RNA, Messenger

2019
Decreased allopregnanolone induced by hormonal contraceptives is associated with a reduction in social behavior and sexual motivation in female rats.
    Psychopharmacology, 2014, Volume: 231, Issue:17

    Topics: Agonistic Behavior; Anhedonia; Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; Depression; Drug Combinations; Ethinyl Estradiol; Female; Levonorgestrel; Maze Learning; Motivation; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Social Behavior; Swimming

2014
Low serum allopregnanolone is associated with symptoms of depression in late pregnancy.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2014, Volume: 69, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Anxiety; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Pregnanolone; Self Report; Young Adult

2014
The role of steroids in the prediction of affective disorders in adult men.
    Steroids, 2017, Volume: 121

    Topics: Adult; Anxiety; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Depression; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Male; Mood Disorders; Multivariate Analysis; Pregnanolone; Radioimmunoassay; Steroids; Young Adult

2017
The antidepressant-like activity of AC-5216, a ligand for 18KDa translocator protein (TSPO), in an animal model of diabetes mellitus.
    Scientific reports, 2016, 11-25, Volume: 6

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Behavior, Animal; Carrier Proteins; Depression; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Disease Models, Animal; Hippocampus; Isoquinolines; Ligands; Male; Molecular Weight; Prefrontal Cortex; Pregnanolone; Purines; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, GABA-A

2016
Trilostane exerts antidepressive effects among wild-type, but not estrogen receptor [beta] knockout mice.
    Neuroreport, 2009, Aug-05, Volume: 20, Issue:12

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Corticosterone; Depression; Dihydrotestosterone; Estrogen Receptor beta; Hippocampus; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Motor Activity; Neuropsychological Tests; Pregnanolone; Radioimmunoassay; Swimming; Time Factors

2009
Dopamine is involved in the antidepressant-like effect of allopregnanolone in the forced swimming test in female rats.
    Behavioural pharmacology, 2010, Volume: 21, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Benzazepines; Depression; Diestrus; Disease Models, Animal; Dopamine Antagonists; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Estrus; Female; Pregnanolone; Raclopride; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Dopamine D2; Swimming

2010
Infusions of allopregnanolone into the hippocampus and amygdala, but not into the nucleus accumbens and medial prefrontal cortex, produce antidepressant effects on the learned helplessness rats.
    Hippocampus, 2011, Volume: 21, Issue:10

    Topics: Amygdala; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Avoidance Learning; CA3 Region, Hippocampal; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Dizocilpine Maleate; Drug Combinations; Flumazenil; GABA Antagonists; Helplessness, Learned; Humans; Injections, Intraventricular; Male; Nucleus Accumbens; Prefrontal Cortex; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, GABA; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

2011
Allopregnanolone regulates neurogenesis and depressive/anxiety-like behaviour in a social isolation rodent model of chronic stress.
    Neuropharmacology, 2012, Volume: 63, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Cell Survival; Chronic Disease; Depression; Dexamethasone; Feeding Behavior; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Motor Activity; Neural Stem Cells; Neurogenesis; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Social Isolation; Stress, Psychological; Swimming

2012
The effect of intra-nucleus accumbens administration of allopregnanolone on δ and γ2 GABA(A) receptor subunit mRNA expression in the hippocampus and on depressive-like and grooming behaviors in rats.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2012, Volume: 103, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Base Sequence; Behavior, Animal; Depression; DNA Primers; Hippocampus; Male; Nucleus Accumbens; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Receptors, GABA-A

2012
Behavioral action of ethanol in Porsolt's forced swim test: modulation by 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one.
    Neuropharmacology, 2002, Volume: 43, Issue:8

    Topics: Adrenalectomy; Animals; Depression; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Ethanol; Immobilization; Male; Mice; Motor Activity; Pregnanolone; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Swimming

2002
Region-specific dysregulation of allopregnanolone brain content in the olfactory bulbectomized rat model of depression.
    Brain research, 2003, Jun-20, Volume: 976, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Olfactory Bulb; Organ Specificity; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Time Factors

2003
Hippocampal 3alpha,5alpha-THP may alter depressive behavior of pregnant and lactating rats.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2004, Volume: 78, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Depression; Female; Finasteride; Hippocampus; Lactation; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Animal; Pregnanolone; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans; Swimming

2004
Histories of depression, allopregnanolone responses to stress, and premenstrual symptoms in women.
    Biological psychology, 2006, Volume: 71, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Demography; Depression; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Humans; Luteinizing Hormone; Pregnanolone; Premenstrual Syndrome; Progesterone; Prospective Studies; Radioimmunoassay; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Stress, Psychological

2006
Inhibition of progesterone metabolism mimics the effect of progesterone withdrawal on forced swim test immobility.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2007, Volume: 87, Issue:4

    Topics: 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors; Animals; Depression; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Finasteride; Mice; Mice, Inbred DBA; Motor Activity; Pregnanolone; Progesterone; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Swimming

2007
Potentiation of muscimol-induced long-term depression by benzodiazepines and prevention or reversal by pregnenolone sulfate.
    Pharmacological research, 1998, Volume: 38, Issue:6

    Topics: Amnesia; Animals; Barbiturates; Benzodiazepines; Cognition Disorders; Depression; Diazepam; Drug Synergism; Hippocampus; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscimol; Pentobarbital; Pregnanolone; Pregnenolone; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Time Factors

1998
Serotonergic agents modulate antidepressant-like effect of the neurosteroid 3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one in mice.
    Brain research, 2000, May-26, Volume: 865, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents; Depression; Drug Interactions; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Male; Mice; Pregnanolone; Serotonin Agents

2000
Changes in progesterone metabolites in the hippocampus can modulate open field and forced swim test behavior of proestrous rats.
    Hormones and behavior, 2002, Volume: 41, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Depression; Enzyme Inhibitors; Exploratory Behavior; Female; Finasteride; Hippocampus; Male; Posture; Pregnanolone; Proestrus; Progesterone; Progestins; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans; Sex Characteristics; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Swimming

2002