Functional changes in rat nigral GABA(A) receptors induced by degeneration of the striatonigral GABAergic pathway: An electrophysiological study of receptors incorporated into Xenopus oocytes

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2539-2544

  Sanna, Enrico ^a   Motzo, Costantino ^a   Usala, Marcello ^a   Pau, Davide ^a   Cagetti, Elisabetta ^a   Biggio, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Diazepam; GABA(A) receptors; GABAergic denervation; Substantia nigra; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 ETHYL 6,7 DIMETHOXY BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENERVATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; MALE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031745755     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70062539.x     Document Type: Article

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