Inhibition of glycine currents by dextromethorphan in neurones dissociated from the guinea-pig nucleus tractus solitarii

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 690-694

  Takahama, Kazuo ^a   Fukushima, Hidenao ^a   Isohama, Yoichiro ^a   Kai, Hirofumi ^a   Miyata, Takeshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitussive; Dextromethorphan; Dissociated neurones; Glycine; Guinea pig; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUINEA PIGS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 0031039811     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0700943     Document Type: Article

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