γ-Aminobutyric acid type B receptors with specific heterodimer composition and postsynaptic actions in hippocampal neurons are targets of anticonvulsant gabapentin action

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 144-152

  Ng, Gordon Y K ^a   Bertrand, Sandrine ^b   Sullivan, Richard ^a   Ethier, Nathalie ^c   Wang, Jennifer ^a   Yergey, Jim ^a   Belley, Michel ^a   Trimble, Laird ^a   Bateman, Kevin ^a   Alder, Luanda ^d   Smith, Alison ^d   Mckernan, Ruth ^d   Metters, Kathleen ^a   O'Neill, Gary P ^a   Lacaille, Jean Claude ^b   Hébert, Terence E ^c  

^a MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMER; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GABAPENTIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM ION; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035164999     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.59.1.144     Document Type: Article

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