Interaction between copper and zinc at GABA(A) receptors in acutely isolated cerebellar Purkinje cells of the rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 851-856

  Sharonova, Irina N ^a   Vorobjev, Vladimir S ^a   Haas, Helmut L ^b  

^a BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; GABA; Histidine; Patch clamp; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; COPPER ION; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0034130142     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703392     Document Type: Article

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