Frequency-dependent actions of benzodiaizepines on GABA(A) receptors in cultured murine cerebellar granule cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 503, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-369

  Mellor, J R ^a   Randall, A D ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR INVERSE STIMULATING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BICUCULLINE; FLURAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GRANULE CELL; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM GRANULAR LAYER; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0030828318     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.353bh.x     Document Type: Article

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