Enantioselectivity of steroid-induced γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor modulation and anesthesia

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1581-1586

  Wittmer, Lisa L ^a   Hu, Yuefei ^a   Kalkbrenner, Melissa ^a   Evers, Alex S ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA ANDROSTANE 17BETA CARBONITRILE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TADPOLE;

ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRUG SYNERGISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRILES; PREGNANOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEREOISOMERISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030449188     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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