Actions of fluorinated alkanols on GABA(A) receptors: Relevance to theories of narcosis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 877-883

  Ueno, Susumu ^a   Trudell, James R ^c   Eger II, Edmond I ^b   Harris, R Adron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALKANOL; DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032942670     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199904000-00036     Document Type: Article

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