Modulation of GABA(A) receptors and inhibitory synaptic currents by the endogenous CNS sleep regulator cis-9,10-octadecenoamide (cOA)

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 873-882

  Lees, George ^a,b,d   Edwards, Michelle D ^b   Hassoni, Abdul A ^b   Ganellin, C Robin ^c   Galanakis, Dimitrious ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cis 9,10 octadecenoamide(oleamide) oleic acid; Electrophysiology patch clamp; Endogenous sleep regulator; Flumazenil benzodiazepine; GABA(A) receptor; Human recombinant receptors; Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials; Rat cultured cortical neurones; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 9,10 OCTADECENOAMIDE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; LIPID; OLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROSIDES; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; OLEIC ACIDS; OOCYTES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SLEEP; SYNAPSES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031864409     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701918     Document Type: Article

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