Ion channels as drug targets: The next GPCRs

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-405

  Kaczorowski, Gregory J ^a   McManus, Owen B ^a   Priest, Birgit T ^a   Garcia, Maria L ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; LIDOCAINE; N [[2' (AMINOSULFONYL)BIPHENYL 4 YL]METHYL] N METHYL N' [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)BENZYL]CYCLOPENTANE 1,2 DICARBOXAMIDE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; PROCAINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DRUG DESIGN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 42949108787     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709946     Document Type: Review

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