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                                                                Synonyms: 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one sulfate | 3α-hydroxy-5β-pregnan-20-one sulfate
                                 
                                                         
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                                        Comment: Pregnanolone sulphate is an endogenous neurosteroid. It behaves as a negative allosteric modulator of NMDA-induced currents in vitro [1-2]. The nonsulphated analogue does not produce any significant effect on the NMDA response.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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                                                                         1. Burnell ES, Irvine M, Fang G, Sapkota K, Jane DE, Monaghan DT. (2019)
                                         Positive and Negative Allosteric Modulators of N-Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) Receptors: Structure-Activity Relationships and Mechanisms of Action. J Med Chem, 62 (1): 3-23. [PMID:29446949]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         2. Park-Chung M, Wu FS, Farb DH. (1994)
                                         3 alpha-Hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one sulfate: a negative modulator of the NMDA-induced current in cultured neurons. Mol Pharmacol, 46 (1): 146-50. [PMID:7520124]  |