Propofol and other intravenous anesthetics have sites of action on the Γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor distinct from that for isoflurane

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 530-538

  Krasowski, Matthew D ^a   Koltchine, Vladimir V ^a   Rick, Caroline E ^a   Ye, Qing ^a   Finn, Suzanne E ^a   Harrison, Neil L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALFAXALONE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; ISOFLURANE; METHOHEXITAL; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHLORIDE CURRENT; DRUG MECHANISM; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031967619     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.53.3.530     Document Type: Article

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