Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors of thalamocortical neurons: A molecular target for hypnotics

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 11513-11520

  Belelli, Delia ^a   Peden, Dianne R ^a   Rosahl, Thomas W ^b   Wafford, Keith A ^b   Lambert, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EEG; Etomidate; GABAA receptor; Hypnotics; Thalamus; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ETOMIDATE; GABOXADOL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SLEEP; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 30744449511     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2679-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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