GABAA receptor sites in the developing human foetus

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-119

  Andersen, Danielle L ^a   Eckert, Allison L ^a   Tsai, Vicky W W ^a   Burke, Christopher J ^b   Tannenberg, Anthony E G ^b   Dodd, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid transmitter; Brain development; Cerebral cortex; GABA mediated; Human; Inhibitory neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0037115068     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00534-5     Document Type: Article

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