title: Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors in the crosshairs of hormones and ethanol.
abstract: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main chemical inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. In the central nervous system (CNS) it acts on two distinct types of receptor: an ion channel, i.e., an "ionotropic" receptor permeable to Cl- and HCO3- (GABAA receptors) and a G-protein coupled "metabotropic" receptor that is linked to various effector mechanisms (GABAB receptors). This review will summarize novel developments in the physiology and pharmacology of GABAA receptors (GABAARs), specifically those found outside synapses. The focus will be on a particular combination of GABAAR subunits sensitive to ovarian and adrenal cortical steroid hormone metabolites that are synthesized in the brain (neurosteroids) and to sobriety impairing concentrations of ethanol. These receptors may be the final common pathway for interactions between ethanol and ovarian and stress-related neurosteroids.
authors: Department of Neurology NRB1 575D, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 635 Charles Young Dr S., Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. mody@ucla.edu
authors: Istvan
authors: I
authors: Mody
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000378:metabolism*; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D000431:Ethanol
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