• DOI:10.1016/J.PNPBP.2004.11.001
Corpus ID: 36197603

Steroids, neuroactive steroids and neurosteroids in psychopathology

@article{Dubrovsky2005SteroidsNS,
  title={Steroids, neuroactive steroids and neurosteroids in psychopathology},
  author={B. Dubrovsky},
  journal={Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry},
  year={2005},
  volume={29},
  pages={169-192}
}

B. Dubrovsky

Published 2005

Chemistry, Medicine

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

The term "neurosteroid" (NS) was introduced by Baulieu in 1981 to name a steroid hormone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), that was found at high levels in the brain long after gonadectomy and adrenalectomy, and shown later to be synthetized by the brain. Later, androstenedione, pregnenolone and their sulfates and lipid derivatives as well as tetrahydrometabolites of progesterone (P) and deoxycorticosterone (DOC) were identified as neurosteroids. The term "neuroactive steroid" (NAS… CONTINUE READING

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