The Japanese herbal medicine 'Saiko-Keishi-To' activates GABA(A) receptors of rat sensory neurons in culture

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-150

  Sugiyama, Kazuhide ^a   Muteki, Takesuke ^a   Kano, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Saiko Keishi To'; Dorsal root ganglion; GABA(A) receptor; GABA(B) receptor; Herbal medicine; Whole cell patch clamp recording

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; PHACLOFEN; SACLOFEN; SHOSAIKOTO GO KEISHIKASHAKUYAKUTO;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030568994     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13000-7     Document Type: Article

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