Daniel Bitran

Activation of estrogen receptor-β regulates hippocampal synaptic plasticity and improves memory

Feng Liu, Mark L. Day, Luis C Muñiz et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2008 · 506 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +10

Anxiolytic effects of 3α-hydroxy-5α[β]-pregnan-20-one: endogenous metabolites of progesterone that are active at the GABAA receptor

Daniel Bitran, Robert J. Hilvers, Carol K. Kellogg · Brain Research · 1991 · 457 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +12

Anxiolytic Effect of Progesterone is Mediated by the Neurosteroid Allopregnanolone at Brain GABA_A Receptors

Daniel Bitran, Michael Shiekh, Michael K. McLeod · Journal of Neuroendocrinology · 1995 · 392 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +16

Withdrawal from 3α-OH-5α-Pregnan-20-One Using a Pseudopregnancy Model Alters the Kinetics of Hippocampal GABA_A-Gated Current and Increases the GABA_AReceptor α4 Subunit in Association with Increased Anxiety

Sheryl S. Smith, Qi Hua Gong, Xinshe Li et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1998 · 353 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Anxiolytic effect of progesterone is associated with increases in cortical alloprenanolone and GABAA receptor function

Daniel Bitran, Robert H. Purdy, Carol K. Kellog · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · 1993 · 262 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +16