The modulatory effects of the anxiolytic etifoxine on GABAA receptors are mediated by the β subunit

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-303

  Hamon, Alain ^a   Morel, Alain ^b   Hue, Bernard ^a   Verleye, Marc ^c   Gillardin, Jean Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b CENTRE PAUL PAPIN   (France)

^c Service de Pharmacologie   (France)

Author keywords

Allosteric modulator; Anxiolytic; Etifoxine; GABAA receptor; Xenopus oocyte; Subunit

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; ETIFOXINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; SERINE; STRESAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037628261     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(03)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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