Neurosteroid modulation of recombinant ionotropic glutamate receptors

Brain Research

Volumn 803, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 153-160

  Yaghoubi, Nader ^a   Malayev, Andrew ^a   Russek, Shelley J ^a   Gibbs, Terrell T ^a   Farb, David H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Kainate receptor; Neurosteroid; NMDA receptor; Pregnenolone sulfate; Steroid

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ELTANOLONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MODULATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; XENOPUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KAINIC ACID; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OOCYTES; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032563697     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00644-1     Document Type: Article

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