Taurine is a potent activator of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors in the thalamus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-115

  Jia, Fan ^a   Yue, Minerva ^a   Chandra, Dev ^b   Keramidas, Angelo ^a   Goldstein, Peter A ^a   Homanics, Gregg E ^b   Harrison, Neil L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 subunit; Glycine receptor; Ion channel; Synaptic transmission; Tonic inhibition; VB

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; RECOMBINANT GABA A RECEPTOR ALPHA1BETA2GAMMA2 AGONIST; RECOMBINANT GABA A RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2DELTA AGONIST; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TAURINE; THALAMUS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 38149130565     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3996-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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