Analogues of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and trans-4-aminocrotonic acid (TACA) substituted in the 2 position as GABA(C) receptor antagonists

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1551-1560

  Chebib, Mary ^a   Vandenberg, Robert J ^a   Johnston, Graham A R ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid (GABA); GABA(A) agonists; GABA(C) receptors; trans 4 aminocrotonic acid (TACA); Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOCROTONIC ACID; PARTIAL AGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CROTONIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, GABA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031448989     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701533     Document Type: Article

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