Vesicular monoamine transporter 2: Role as a novel target for drug development

AAPS Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Zheng, Guangrong ^a   Dwoskin, Linda P ^a   Crooks, Peter A ^a  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Ketanserin; Lobeline; Parkinson's disease; Psychostimulant abuse; Tetrabenazine; Vesicular monoamine transporter 2

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 PHENYLPROPENE DERIVATIVE; 7 AZIDO 8 IODOKETANSERIN; 7 AZIDOKETANSERIN; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; KETANSERIN; LEVODOPA; LIGAND; LOBELANE; LOBELINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PRAMIPEXOLE; PROPYLENE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; TETRABENAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2; DRUG; SLC18A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER;

AKATHISIA; BINDING AFFINITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOPLASM; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; REVIEW; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 33751242500     PISSN: 15507416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/aapsj080478     Document Type: Review

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