Anticonvulsants but not general anesthetics have differential blocking effects on different T-type current variants

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-108

  Todorovic, Slobodan M ^a   Perez Reyes, Edward ^b   Lingle, Christopher J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ETOMIDATE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; NORMESUXIMIDE; OCTANOL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPINAL GANGLION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033948991     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.58.1.98     Document Type: Article

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