Studies on the mechanisms of action of picrotoxin, quercetin and pregnanolone at the GABA ρ1 receptor

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 717-727

  Goutman, Juan D ^a   Calvo, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chloride channels; Flavonoids; GABA; GABA c receptors; Picrotoxin; Retina; Steroids; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR RHO1; ELTANOLONE; PICROTOXIN; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING KINETICS; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; KINETICS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; PREGNANOLONE; QUERCETIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1842610631     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705657     Document Type: Article

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