Characterisation of the furanocoumarin phellopterin as a rat brain benzodiazepine receptor partial agonist in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Dekermendjian, Kim ^a   Ai, Jinglu ^a   Nielsen, Mogens ^a   Sterner, Olov ^b   Shan, Rudong ^b   Witt, Michael Robin ^a  

^a Sct Hans Hospital   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid(A) benzodiazepine receptors; Central nervous system; Furanocoumarins; Partial agonist; Phellopterin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; PENTOSALEN; PHELLOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; COUMARINS; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0030606277     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13183-9     Document Type: Article

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