Glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor function is enhanced by inhaled drugs of abuse

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1199-1205

  Beckstead, Michael J ^b   Weiner, Jeff L ^b   Eger II, Edmond I ^b   Gong, Diane H ^b   Mihic, S John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ENFLURANE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; XENOPUS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHANOL; MALE; OOCYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STREET DRUGS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034125047     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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