Making sense of GABAA receptor subtypes: Is a new nomenclature needed?

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-220

  Nutt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A ALPHA1 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A ALPHA2 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A ALPHA3 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A ALPHA5 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A BETA RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A GAMMA2 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; GABOXADOL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INDIPLON; ION CHANNEL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM;

BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SEIZURE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 18844369880     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881105055100     Document Type: Editorial

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