Distinct effect of pregnenolone sulfate on NMDA receptor subtypes

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 491-500

  Ceccon, Maddalena ^a   Rumbaugh, Gavin ^a   Vicini, Stefano ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Glutamate receptor; Patch clamp; Pregnenolone sulfate; Splicing; Synaptic currents; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CYSTEIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERAZINES; PREGNENOLONE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035094656     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(00)00197-0     Document Type: Article

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