Use-dependent regulation of GABAa receptors

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 39, 1996, Pages 53-76

  Barnes Jr , Eugene M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030339215     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(08)60663-7     Document Type: Article

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