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Neuroactive steroids inhibit spinal reflex potentiation by selectively enhancing specific spinal GABAA receptor subtypes

  • Hsien-Yu Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chang-Kuo North Rd, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
    • Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Gin-Den Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • These two authors contributed equally to this study.
    • ,
  • Shin-Da Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Physical Therapy, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Yuan Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chang-Kuo North Rd, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
    • Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Hsien Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chang-Kuo North Rd, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
    • Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chen-Li Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Urology Division, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Shuo Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chang-Kuo North Rd, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Chun Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chang-Kuo North Rd, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kwong-Chung Tung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzer-Bin Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chang-Kuo North Rd, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
    • Medical Department, Saint Paul’s Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • These two authors contributed equally to this study.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chang-Kuo North Rd, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 4 2473 0022; fax: +886 4 2473 9030.

Received 23 July 2008 ,Revised 15 December 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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PII: S0304-3959(08)00763-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.12.023

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