Enhancement of homomeric glycine receptor function by long-chain alcohols and anaesthetics

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1331-1336

  Mascia, Maria Paola ^a   Machu, Tina K ^b   Harris, R Adron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; n alcohols; Strychnine sensitive glycine receptors; subunits

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALFAXALONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLORIDE ION; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; DECANOL; ENFLURANE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HALOTHANE; LAURYL ALCOHOL; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029800799     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb16042.x     Document Type: Article

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