Differential effects of methylmercury on γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor currents in rat cerebellar granule and cerebral cortical neurons in culture

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 517-528

  Herden, Christina J ^a   Pardo, Nicole E ^a   Hajela, Ravindra K ^a   Yuan, Yukun ^a   Atchison, William D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 38749140976     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.123976     Document Type: Article

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