Anticonvulsant and anesthetic effects of a fluorescent neurosteroid analog activated by visible light

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-530

  Eisenman, Lawrence N ^a   Shu, Hong Jin ^a   Akk, Gustav ^a   Wang, Cunde ^a   Manion, Brad D ^a   Kress, Geraldine J ^a   Evers, Alex S ^a   Steinbach, Joe Henry ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a   Mennerick, Steven ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; NEUROSTEROID;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; FLUORESCEIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LARVA; LIGHT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SWIMMING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33947612643     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1862     Document Type: Article

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