The glycine receptor

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-146

  Rajendra, Sundran ^a   Lynch, Joseph W ^b   Schofield, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

GABA(A) receptors; glycine receptor; ligand gated ion channel receptors; strychnine; taurine; alanine

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 16 IMINO 5BETA 17 AZAANDROSTAN 11 ONE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ION CHANNEL; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0030894321     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(96)00163-5     Document Type: Review

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