Actions of anesthetics on excitatory transmitter-gated channels

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 182, Issue , 2008, Pages 53-84

  Akk, G ^a   Mennerick, S ^a   Steinbach, J H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PURINERGIC P2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 39049126202     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74806-9_3     Document Type: Article

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