Individual Properties of the Two Functional Agonist Sites in GABA A Receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 11158-11166

  Baumann, Sabine W ^a   Baur, Roland ^a   Sigel, Erwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agonist; Bicuculline; GABA; Ion channel; Linked subunits

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; DIAZEPAM; ION CHANNEL; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS;

EID: 0348010294     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-35-11158.2003     Document Type: Article

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