title: Influences of non-canonical neurosteroid signaling on developing neural circuits.
abstract: Developing neural circuits are especially susceptible to environmental perturbation. Endocrine signaling systems such as steroids provide a mechanism to encode physiological changes and integrate function across various biological systems including the brain. 'Neurosteroids' are synthesized and act within the brain across development. There is a long history of steroids sculpting developing neural circuits; more recently, evidence has demonstrated how neurosteroids influence the early potential for neural circuits to organize and transmit precise information via non-canonical receptor types.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, Psychology, 940 E 57th Street, 125C BPSB, Chicago, IL 60637, United States. Electronic address: london@uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: London
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents