27 citations
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January 2017 in “Neuropsychopharmacology” This study found that acute sleep deprivation enhanced 5α-reductase expression and activity in the rat prefrontal cortex, and finasteride treatment reduced associated psychosis- and mania-like behaviors.
49 citations
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September 2015 in “Psychoneuroendocrinology” This study suggests that the 5α-reductase inhibitor finasteride modulates sensorimotor gating in rats by affecting D1 and D3 receptors, but not D2 receptors, with varying effects based on genetic strain.
35 citations
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November 2019 in “Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology” This review discusses the sex differences in neuroactive steroid synthesis and their implications for nervous system functions and potential therapeutic approaches, but it provides no new experimental results.
4 citations
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April 2017 in “F1000Research” This study found that diazepam had an exaggerated effect on GABA-related inhibitory tone in diabetic neuropathic mice compared to normal mice, potentially due to mitochondrial dysfunction affecting neurosteroid synthesis.
1 citations
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March 2018 in “F1000Research” This study found that diazepam has an exaggerated effect on GABAergic inhibitory tone in diabetic neuropathy mouse models, likely due to upregulated neurosteroidogenic enzymes responding to mitochondrial dysfunction.