Actions of long chain alcohols on GABAA and glutamate receptors: Relation to in vivo effects

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 378-384

  Dildy Mayfield, J E ^a   Mihic, S J ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Deitrich, R A ^a   Harris, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; GABAA; Kainate; Loss of righting reflex; n alcohols; NMDA; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMPA RECEPTOR; BUTANOL; DECANOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HEXANOL; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OCTANOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RIGHTING REFLEX; TADPOLE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; KAINIC ACID; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029874974     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15413.x     Document Type: Article

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