Effects of inhalational general anaesthetics on native glycine receptors in rat medullary neurones and recombinant glycine receptors in Xenopus oocytes

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 493-502

  Downie, D L ^a   Hall, A C ^a   Lieb, W R ^a   Franks, N P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General anaesthesia; Glycine receptors; Inhalational anaesthetics; Ligand gated ion channels; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENFLURANE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ION CHANNEL; ISOFLURANE; METHOXYFLURANE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEVOFLURANE; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029895146     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15430.x     Document Type: Article

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