Pregnenolone sulfate modulates inhibitory synaptic transmission by enhancing GABA(A) receptor desensitization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3571-3579

  Shen, Weixing ^a,b   Mennerick, Steven ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desensitization; GABA; Kinetics; Neurosteroids; Outside out patches; Synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BETA ALANINE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034657714     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03571.2000     Document Type: Article

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