Effects of the chlorotriazine herbicide, cyanazine, on GABA(A) receptors in cortical tissue from rat brain

Toxicology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-68

  Shafer, Timothy J ^a   Ward, Thomas R ^a   Meacham, Connie A ^a   Cooper, Ralph L ^b  

^a Neurotoxicology Division   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

36Cl flux; Atrazine; Chlorotriazines; Cyanazine; GABA(A) receptor; Ro15 4513 binding

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ATRAZINE; CYANAZINE; DIAZEPAM; HERBICIDE; MUSCIMOL; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; AZIDES; BENZODIAZEPINES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BINDING SITES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORINE; GABA AGONISTS; HERBICIDES; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RADIOISOTOPES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTOSOMES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0032754737     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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