Inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by bicuculline

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 854-861

  Demuro, A ^a   Palma, E ^b   Eusebi, F ^b   Miledi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pasteur Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

GABAA receptors; Recombinant acetylcholine receptors; Xenopus laevis oocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ACETYLCHOLINE; BICUCULLINE; LEUCINE; MUSCIMOL; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN; THREONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IC 50; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEURONS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VASODILATOR AGENTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034783429     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(01)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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