Pregnenolone sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate inhibit GABA-gated chloride currents in Xenopus oocytes expressing picrotoxin-insensitive GABA(A) receptors

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-271

  Shen, Weixing ^a   Mennerick, Steven ^a   Zorumski, Erik C ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Neurosteroids; Picrotoxin; Pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PICROTOXIN; PICROTOXININ; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; PREGNENOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033008802     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(98)00172-5     Document Type: Article

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