Molecular modelling of the interactions of carbamazepine and a nicotinic receptor involved in the autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 883-895

  Ortells, M O ^a   Barrantes, G E ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Molecular modelling; Nicotinic receptor

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SERINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DEHYDRATION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOMINANT GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMAN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0036022630     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704786     Document Type: Article

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