Glycine and GABA receptors: Molecular mechanisms controlling chloride ion flux

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 372-381

  Aprison, M H ^a,b   Galvez Ruano, E ^a,c   Robertson, D H ^a   Lipkowitz, K B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

chloride ion channel; GABA; GABA receptor; glycine; glycine receptor; inhibitory neurotransmitters; R5135; strychnine

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 16 IMINO 5BETA 17 AZAANDROSTAN 11 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE;

ARTICLE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANDROSTANES; ANIMALS; AZASTEROIDS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLORIDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEURONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030040832     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960201)43:3<372::AID-JNR12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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