Kavalactones and dihydrokavain modulate GABAergic activity in a rat gastric-brainstem preparation

Planta Medica

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1092-1096

  Yuan, Chun Su ^a,b   Dey, Lucy ^a,b   Wang, Anbao ^a,b   Mehendale, Sangeeta ^a,b   Xie, Jing Tian ^a,b   Aung, Han H ^a,b   Ang Lee, Michael K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Dihydrokavain; Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA); Gastric vagal input; Kava; Kavalactones; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Piper methysticum; Piperaceae

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; DESMETHOXYYANGONIN; DIHYDROKAWAIN; DIHYDROMETHYSTICIN; KAVALACTONE DERIVATIVE; KAWAIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; METHYSTICIN; MUSCIMOL; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SACLOFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YANGONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GABA AGENTS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; KAVA; LACTONES; MUSCIMOL; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; PIPER METHYSTICUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0036970141     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36338     Document Type: Article

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