Interaction of 3β, 5α-tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone in rat and guinea- pig neurons: A comparison of Ca2+- and GABAa(A)-C1--channel current modulation

Steroids

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 76-82

  Ffrench Mullen, Jarlath M H ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; G protein; GABA; Neuroactive steroid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; GUINEA PIG; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032588033     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(98)00098-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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