Effects of membrane cholesterol on the sensitivity of the GABA(A) receptor to GABA in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal neurones

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 178-184

  Sooksawate, T ^a,b   Simmonds, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; GABA; GABA(A) receptor; Hippocampal neurone; Methyl cyclodextrin; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHOCHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE LIPID; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0035218451     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(00)00159-3     Document Type: Article

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