An anxiolytic agent, dihydrohonokiol-B, inhibits ammonia-induced increases in the intracellular Cl- of cultured rat hippocampal neurons via GABAc receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-123

  Irie, Takao ^a   Miyamoto, Etsuko ^a   Kitagawa, Kaori ^a   Maruyama, Yuji ^b   Inoue, Kyoichi ^a   Inagaki, Chiyoko ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anxiolytics; Dihydrohonokiol B; Gamma aminobutylic acid C receptor; Hippocampal neurons; Intracellular Cl concentration; Rat

Indexed keywords

(1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDROPYRIDIN 4 YL)METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; 3 PIPERIDEINE DERIVATIVE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOCROTONIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORIDE ION; DIHYDROHONOKIOL B; HONOKIOL; MAGNOLOL; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; ISOMER; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHLORIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FETUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0035914007     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02201-7     Document Type: Article

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