English Explanatory Dictionary

neuroactive steroid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several steroids, synthesized in the myelinating glial cells, which alter neuronal excitability through interaction with neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.

Word forms

neuroactive steroid neuroactive steroids
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