Characterization of two classes of benzodiazepine binding sites in Schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1003-1012

  Noel F ^a   Mendonca Silva D L ^a   Thibaut, J P B ^a   Lopes, D V S ^a  

^a Inst de Cie Biomedicas Depto de Bioquim Medica Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Flunitrazepam; GABA; PK11195; Platyhelminth; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4' CHLORODIAZEPAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IC 50; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BENZODIAZEPINONES; BINDING SITES; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA AGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; ISOQUINOLINES; LIGANDS; MALE; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SYNAPTOSOMES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM;

MAMMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 34250689889     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007002442     Document Type: Article

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