The interaction of general anaesthetics with recombinant GABA(A) and glycine receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes: A comparative study

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1707-1719

  Pistis, Marco ^a   Belelli, Delia ^a   Peters, John A ^a   Lambert, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 pregnan 3 ol 20 one; Etomidate; GABA; GABA(A) receptor; Glycine; Glycine receptor; Intravenous general anaesthetics; Pentobarbitone; Propofol; Trichloroethanol

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ETOMIDATE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; INTRALIPID; NEUROSTEROID; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PROPOFOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRICHLOROETHANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETOMIDATE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031435538     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701563     Document Type: Article

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