neuroactive steroid

English

Noun

neuroactive steroid (plural neuroactive steroids)

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