Measurement of receptor-mediated functional activation of G proteins in postmortem human brain membranes

Brain Research

Volumn 789, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-91

  Odagaki, Yuji ^a   Nishi, Nobuyuki ^a   Ozawa, Hiroki ^b   Saito, Toshikazu ^c   Takahata, Naohiko ^b   Riederer, Peter ^d   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

G protein; GABA(B) receptor; High affinity GTPase; Postmortem human brain; Receptor G protein coupling

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACLOFEN; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; CADAVER; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MEMBRANES; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

EID: 0032489961     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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