Psychomotor and rewarding properties of the neurosteroids dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate and androsterone: effects on monoamine and steroid metabolism.

CPP – conditioned place preference test DA – dopamine DHEAS – dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate DHEA – dehydroepiandrosterone 5αDHT – 5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone DOPAC – 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid GABA – γ-Aminobutyric acid 5HIAA – 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid 5HT – serotonin HP-β-CD – hydroxypropylo-β-cyclodextrine HVA – homovanilic acid 3MT – 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenethylamine NA – noradrenaline NMDA – N-methyl-D-aspartic acid