Classic benzodiazepines modulate the open-close equilibrium in α1β2γ2L γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 783-792

  Rüsch, Dirk ^a,b   Forman, Stuart A ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 PIPERIDINESULFONIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; LEUCINE; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; THREONINE;

ALLOSTERISM; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BINDING SITES; CARBOLINES; CATTLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUMAZENIL; GABA AGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MIDAZOLAM; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 16244396725     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200504000-00014     Document Type: Article

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