Effects on γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptors of a neuroactive steroid that negatively modulates glutamate neurotransmission and augments GABA neurotransmission

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 732-741

  Mennerick, Steven ^a   Zeng, Chun Min ^a   Benz, Ann ^a   Shen, Weixing ^a   Izumi, Yukitoshi ^a   Evers, Alex S ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3ALPHA,5BETA) 20 OXOPREGNANE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; (3ALPHA,5BETA) 20 OXOPREGNANE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PREGNANES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS; SYNAPSES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034802127     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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