GABAA Receptor-Modulating Steroids in Relation to Women’s Behavioral Health

In certain women, increased negative mood relates to the progesterone metabolite, allopregnanolone (allo), during the luteal phase of ovulatory menstrual cycles, the premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). In anovulatory cycles, no symptom or sex steroid increase occurs but symptoms return during pr...

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Published in:	Current psychiatry reports Vol. 17; no. 11; p. 92
Main Authors:	Bäckström, Torbjörn, Bixo, Marie, Strömberg, Jessica
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01.11.2015 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Affect - drug effects Affect - physiology Female GABA Modulators - metabolism GABA Modulators - pharmacology Humans Medicine Medicine & Public Health Menstrual Cycle - drug effects Menstrual Cycle - metabolism Neurotransmitters Pregnanolone - metabolism Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder - metabolism Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder - psychology Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder - therapy Psychiatry Receptors, GABA-A - metabolism Section Editor Steroids Topical Collection on Women's Mental Health Women's Mental Health (CN Epperson GABA Mood symptoms receptor-modulating steroids Premenstrual dysphoric disorder GABAA receptor-modulating steroids
ISSN:	1523-3812, 1535-1645, 1535-1645
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