"Pregnanolone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A pregnane found in the urine of pregnant women and sows. It has anesthetic, hypnotic, and sedative properties.
| Descriptor ID |
D011280
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.640
|
| Concept/Terms |
Pregnanolone- Pregnanolone
- 3 alpha-Hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one
- 3 alpha Hydroxy 5 beta pregnan 20 one
- alpha-Hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one, 3
- beta-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha-Hydroxy-5
- 3-Hydroxypregnan-20-one
- 3 Hydroxypregnan 20 one
- Pregnanolone, (3alpha,5beta)-isomer
- Eltanolone
- Pregnan-3alpha-ol-20-one
- Pregnan 3alpha ol 20 one
- 3 alpha, 5 beta-Tetrahydroprogesterone
- 3 alpha, 5 beta Tetrahydroprogesterone
Sepranolone- Sepranolone
- Allopregnanolone
- 3 alpha-Hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one
- 3 alpha Hydroxy 5 alpha pregnan 20 one
- alpha-Hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one, 3
- alpha-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha-Hydroxy-5
- Pregnanolone, (3alpha,5alpha)-isomer
Pregnanolone, (3beta, 5alpha)-isomer- Pregnanolone, (3beta, 5alpha)-isomer
- Allopregnan-3 beta-ol-20-one
- Allopregnan 3 beta ol 20 one
- beta-ol-20-one, Allopregnan-3
- 3beta-Hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one
- 3beta Hydroxy 5alpha pregnan 20 one
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pregnanolone".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pregnanolone".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pregnanolone" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pregnanolone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pregnanolone" by people in Profiles.
-
A randomized controlled trial of ganaxolone in posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Aug; 234(15):2245-2257.
-
Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure and withdrawal alters (3a,5a)-3-hydroxy-pregnan-20-one immunostaining in cortical and limbic brain regions of C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Oct; 38(10):2561-71.
-
The role of neuroactive steroids in ethanol/stress interactions: proceedings of symposium VII at the Volterra conference on alcohol and stress, May 2008. Alcohol. 2009 Nov; 43(7):521-30.
-
Understanding how the brain perceives alcohol: neurobiological basis of ethanol discrimination. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006 Feb; 30(2):203-13.