Acute pentylenetetrazol injection reduces rat GABA(A) receptor mRNA levels and GABA stimulation of benzodiazepine binding with no effect on benzodiazepine binding site density

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1626-1633

  Walsh, Laura A ^a,b   Li, Ming ^a   Zhao, Tai Jun ^a   Chiu, Ted H ^a,c   Rosenberg, Howard C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCIMOL; PENTETRAZOLE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DOWN-REGULATION; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032992977     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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