Impact of ε and θ subunits on pharmacological properties of α3βl GABAA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes

BMC Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ranna, Martin ^a   Sinkkonen, Saku T ^a   Möykkynen, Tommi ^a   Uusi Oukari, Mikko ^b   Korpi, Esa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ELTANOLONE; ETOMIDATE; FLURAZEPAM; GABOXADOL; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 32644448250     PISSN: 14712210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-6-1     Document Type: Article

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