Neurosteroid modulation of GABAA receptors: Molecular determinants and significance in health and disease

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 588-595

  Mitchell, Elizabeth A ^a   Herd, Murray B ^a   Gunn, Benjamin G ^a   Lambert, Jeremy J ^a   Belelli, Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Knock in" mice; Anxiolytic; Extrasynaptic conductance; GABAA receptor delta subunit; Neurosteroid binding site

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEROID BINDING; STEROID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETICS; HEALTH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS;

EID: 38549166646     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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