Steroid inhibition of rat neuronal nicotinic α4β2 receptors expressed in HEK 293 cells

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 341-351

  Paradiso, Ken ^a   Sabey, Kimberley ^a   Evers, Alex S ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a   Steinbach, Joe Henry ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA 5ALPHA 17BETA 3 HYDROXYANDROSTANE 17 CARBONITRILE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TADPOLE;

EID: 0033914742     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.58.2.341     Document Type: Article

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