Flumazenil reverses the decrease in the hypnotic activity of pentobarbital by social isolation stress: Are endogenous benzodiazepine receptor ligands involved?

Brain Research

Volumn 745, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Ojima, Kazuma ^a   Matsumoto, Kinzo ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA(A) benzodiazepine receptor complex; GABA stimulated 36Cl uptake; Pentobarbital sleep; Social isolation stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CARBOLINES; CHLORIDES; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LIGANDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0031025505     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01136-5     Document Type: Article

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