Straight-chain alcohols exhibit a cutoff in potency for the inhibition of recombinant glutamate receptor subunits

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 651-658

  Akinshola, B E ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; AMPA receptor subunit; Cutoff effect; GluR1; GluR3; Non NMDA glutamate receptor; Straight chain alcohol; Voltage clamp; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPA RECEPTOR; BUTANOL; DECANOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; HEPTANOL; HEXANOL; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METHANOL; OCTANOL; PENTANOL; PROPANOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IC 50; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034934727     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704112     Document Type: Article

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