Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17524487›Full record

ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics2007

Mechanisms of neurosteroid interactions with GABA(A) receptors.

Gustav Akk, Douglas F Covey, Alex S Evers, Joe Henry Steinbach, Charles F Zorumski, Steven Mennerick

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. New directions in neurosteroid therapeutics in neuropsychiatry.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025
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  9. GABA system as the cause and effect in early development.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024
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  13. Hormonal basis of sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  18. Novel Therapeutics for Treating Sleep Disorders: New Perspectives onInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gustav AkkDepartment of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States.
Douglas F Covey
Alex S Evers
Joe Henry Steinbach
Charles F Zorumski
Steven Mennerick
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

STRUCTURE/ACTIVITY STUDIES OF NEUROSTEROID ANALOGUESP01GM047969 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COVEY, DOUGLAS F · 1992 to 2011
$18.7M
System Gene Delivery for Alzheimer's Disease- SupplementP01AG010485 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI KING, MICHAEL A · 1991 to 2009
$11.3M
Washington University Center for Translational NeuroscienceP30NS057105 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, DAVID M. · 2006 to 2011
$8.7M
CONTROL OF SYNAPTIC GLUTAMATE RELEASER01MH078823 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MENNERICK, STEVEN J · 2006 to 2015
$3.2M
Axonal Signaling in the HippocampusR01NS054174 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MENNERICK, STEVEN J · 2006 to 2010
$1.5M
Effects of Ethanol on Hippocampal Synaptic PlasticityR01AA012951 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZORUMSKI, CHARLES F · 2001 to 2005
$1.1M
In Vitro Mechanisms of Ethanol Induced Neuronal Death.R01AA012952 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MENNERICK, STEVEN J · 2001 to 2005
$1.0M
Actions of Ethanol on Ligand-Gated Ion ChannelsR21AA014707 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AKK, GUSTAV · 2005 to 2006
$397k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroactive steroids have some of their most potent actions by augmenting the function of GABA(A) receptors. Endogenous steroid actions on GABA(A) receptors may underlie important effects on mood and behavior. Exogenous neuroactive steroids have potential as anesthetics, anticonvulsants, and neuroprotectants. We have taken multiple approaches to understand more completely the interaction of neuroactive steroids with GABA(A) receptors. We have developed many novel steroid analogues in this effort. Recent work has resulted in synthesis of new enantiomer analogue pairs, novel ligands that probe various properties of the steroid pharmacophore, fluorescent neuroactive steroid analogues, and photoaffinity labels. Using these tools, combined with receptor binding and electrophysiological assays, we have begun to untangle the complexity of steroid actions at this important class of ligand-gated ion channel.

Indexed as

AnimalsBinding SitesGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsHumansModels, BiologicalMolecular StructureProtein BindingReceptors, GABA-ASteroidsSynaptic TransmissionGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsReceptors, GABA-ASteroids

Identifiers

PMID17524487
PMCPMC2047817
OpenAlexW2057387160

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