Competitive inhibition of the glycine-induced current by pregnenolone sulfate in cultured chick spinal cord neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 750, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 318-320

  Wu, Fong Sen ^a   Chen, Shu Cheng ^a   Tsai, Jing Jane ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

competitive inhibition; cultured spinal neuron; glycine receptor; neuromodulation; patch clamp; pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNENOLONE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031052768     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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