The interactions of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers with human γ- aminobutyric acid(A) receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1557-1564

  Aspinwall, L S ^a   Bermudez, I ^a   King, L A ^a   Wafford, K A ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LANTHANUM; LORECLEZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PROPOFOL; STEROID; TERT BUTYLBICYCLOPHOSPHOROTHIOATE S 35;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOMER; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030955360     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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