Mechanisms of etomidate potentiation of GABAA receptor-gated currents in cultured postnatal hippocampal neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-78

  Yang, J ^b   Uchida, I ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial analysis; General anesthesia; Inhibitory postsynaptic current; Kinetics; Noise analysis; Single channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ETOMIDATE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETOMIDATE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030011592     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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