Taurine activates glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid a receptors in rat substantia gelatinosa neurons

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-337

  Wu, Jun ^a   Kohno, Tatsuro ^a   Georgiev, Stefan K ^a   Ikoma, Miho ^a   Ishii, Hideaki ^a   Petrenko, Andrey B ^a   Baba, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid A receptors; Chloride current; Glycine receptors; Substantia gelatinosa; Taurine; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; TAU PROTEINS; TAURINE;

EID: 40049112569     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f50c90     Document Type: Article

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