Interactions of the neurosteroid dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate with the GABA(A) receptor complex reveals that it may act via the picrotoxin site

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 827-833

  Sousa, April ^a   Ticku, Maharaj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHLORINE 36; FLUNITRAZEPAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TERT BUTYLBICYCLOPHOSPHOROTHIOATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHLORIDES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PICROTOXIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

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