Neurosteroids

Etienne-Emile Baulieu the discoverer of neurosteroids and a panel of distinguished scientists and clinical researchers exhaustively and critically review all facets of neurosteroids involved in behavior stress memory depression anxiety aging of the brain and neurodegenerative diseases. These contributors illuminate the role of neurosteroids in brain development and plasticity and detail their neuromodulatory influence on GABAA ionotropic glutamate receptors acetylcholine receptors sigma receptors and calcium channels. Clearly pointing the way toward novel pharmaceutical agents that may be of significant therapeutic value particularly with regard to aging mental functions Neurosteroids: A New Regulatory Function in the Nervous System offers neurobiologists psychiatrists neurosurgeons pharmacologists and geriatricians the first comprehensive state-of-the-art review of these important bioactive molecules.