Enantioselective blockade of T-type Ca2+ current in adult rat sensory neurons by a steroid that lacks γ-aminobutyric acid-modulatory activity

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 918-927

  Todorovic, Slobodan M ^a   Prakriya, Murali ^a   Nakashima, Yasunori M ^a,b   Nilsson, Kent R ^a   Han, Mingchen ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a   Covery, Douglas F ^a   Lingle, Christopher J ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXYANDROSTANE 17BETA CARBONITRILE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYANDROSTANE 3ALPHA CARBONITRILE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALFAXALONE; CALCIUM ION; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031724394     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.54.5.918     Document Type: Article

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