Determinants of amentoflavone interaction at the GABAA receptor

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 519, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-207

  Hansen, Reena S ^a   Paulsen, Isabelle ^a   Davies, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amentoflavone; Benzodiazepine; Biflavonoid; GABAA receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALANINE; AMENTOFLAVONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BIFLAVONOID; DIAZEPAM; LORECLEZOLE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RADIOLIGAND; TRITIUM;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIFLAVONOIDS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROINJECTIONS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TRITIUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 24644468121     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.06.036     Document Type: Article

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