Effects of PhD examination stress on allopregnanolone and cortisol plasma levels and peripheral benzodiazepine receptor density

HAD Fortuyn, F Van Broekhoven, PN Span… - …, 2004 - Elsevier
… woman, the difference in phase has not confounded the results of this study (high
allopregnanolone levels were found during the PhD examination (time point 3) in most of the …

Tolerance to allopregnanolone with focus on the GABA‐A receptor

S Turkmen, T Backstrom, G Wahlstrom… - British journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… at a dose level only slightly larger than allopregnanolone and … In both humans and animals,
allopregnanolone levels in … , during the menstrual cycle, at stress and pregnancy (Bixo et al.…

Effects of progesterone stimulated allopregnanolone on craving and stress response in cocaine dependent men and women

V Milivojevic, HC Fox, M Sofuoglu, J Covault… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
… The present study examined the effects of the progesterone derived neuroactive steroid
allopregnanolone levels on stress response, drug craving and inhibitory control in a sample of …

Allopregnanolone levels before and after selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment of premenstrual symptoms

CR Gracia, EW Freeman, MD Sammel… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Allopregnanolone has been implicated in the pathophysiology of mood disorders, stress,
and possibly PMS and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. There is some evidence that response …

Allopregnanolone elevations following pregnenolone administration are associated with enhanced activation of emotion regulation neurocircuits

RK Sripada, CE Marx, AP King, JC Rampton, SS Ho… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
levels of allopregnanolone are reduced in women with major depressive disorder and
posttraumatic stress … precursor loading strategy to enhance allopregnanolone levels; however, for …

Allopregnanolone is associated with a stress-induced reduction of heart rate variability in premenstrual dysphoric disorder

A Hamidovic, J Davis, F Soumare, A Naveed… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… that stress-induced HF-HRV reduction in women with PMDD is mediated by their baseline
allopregnanolone level, … rate during stress and allopregnanolone underlies PMDD expression. …

Low serum allopregnanolone is associated with symptoms of depression in late pregnancy

C Hellgren, H Åkerud, A Skalkidou, T Bäckström… - …, 2014 - karger.com
… This study aimed to investigate whether the very high serum allopregnanolone levels in late
pregnancy … Although the endocrine stress response is decreased also in human pregnancy, …

Negative association between allopregnanolone and cerebral serotonin transporter binding in healthy women of fertile age

I Sundström Poromaa, E Comasco… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
allopregnanolone levels and psychological well-being in women of fertile age. Brain imaging
data, self-reported symptoms of mental … of allopregnanolone with mood and stress was …

Allopregnanolone and reproductive psychiatry: an overview

K McEvoy, LM Osborne - International Review of Psychiatry, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
allopregnanolone established that puberty is a time of gradually increasing allopregnanolone
levels … cortisol, or at other elements of the stress response? And how do we connect ALLO …

Neurosteroids in the context of stress: implications for depressive disorders

SS Girdler, R Klatzkin - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2007 - Elsevier
Allopregnanolone levels were measured by RIA after purification … Stress-induced increases
of allopregnanolone in the … in the allopregnanolone response to mental stress in PMDD is …