GABA-site antagonism and pentobarbital actions do not depend on the α-subunit type in the recombinant rat GABAA receptor

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-488

  Rahman, M ^a   Zhu, D ^a   Lindblad, C ^a   Johansson, I M ^a   Holmberg, E ^a   Isaksson, M ^a   Taube, M ^a   Backstrom T ^a   Wang, M D ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

subunit; Bicuculline; GABA; GABAA receptor; Pentobarbital

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1BETA2GAMMA2L; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2GAMMA2L; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5BETA2GAMMA2L; BICUCULLINE; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; IC 50; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

EID: 33745684846     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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