Neurosteroid modulation of the GABA(A) receptor in the developing guinea pig cerebral cortex

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-28

  Bailey, Craig D C ^a   Brien, James F ^a   Reynolds, James N ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Benzodiazepine; Neurosteroid; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; ZOLPIDEM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ELTANOLONE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MUSCIMOL; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; GUINEA PIG; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOASSAY;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA AGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MUSCIMOL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANOLONE; PYRIDINES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033548416     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00185-0     Document Type: Article

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