Anaesthetic binding sites for etomidate and propofol on a GABAA receptor model

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 418, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Campagna Slater, Valérie ^a   Weaver, Donald F ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAA); Binding pockets; Etomidate; General anaesthetics; Propofol

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ASPARAGINE; ETOMIDATE; METHIONINE; PROPOFOL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ETOMIDATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROPOFOL; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 34247133872     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.02.091     Document Type: Article

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