Photo-activated azi-etomidate, a general anesthetic photolabel, irreversibly enhances gating and desensitization of γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors

Anesthesiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-112

  Zhong, Huijun ^a,b   Rüsch, Dirk ^c   Forman, Stuart A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Active Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; AZIETOMIDATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 37549068910     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000296074.33999.52     Document Type: Article

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