The calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A-cyclophilin A complex reduces desensitization of GABA(A)-mediated responses in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-98

  Martina, M ^a   Mozrzymas, J W ^a   Boddeke, H W G M ^b   Cherubini, E ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b Preclinical Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A cyclophilin A complex; Cyclosporin; Desensitization; GABA(A); Hippocampus; Patch clamp; Recovery from desensitization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYCLOSPORIN A DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; VALSPODAR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

EID: 0030572629     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12957-8     Document Type: Article

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