Modulation of the GABA(A) response in rat ventromedial hypothalamic neurons by pregnanolone

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Xu, Tian Le ^a   Imanishi, Taiichiro ^a   Akaike, Norio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diazepam; GABA(A) response; neurosteroid; nystatin perforated patch; pentobarbital rat; pregnanolone; ventromedial hypothalamic neurons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; ELTANOLONE; PENTOBARBITAL; TETRODOTOXIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORIDES; DIAZEPAM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ION TRANSPORT; PENTOBARBITAL; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031150157     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00288-5     Document Type: Article

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