The non-anaesthetic propofol analogue 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol fails to modulate GABAA receptor function

Pharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Ahrens, Jörg ^a   Leuwer, Martin ^b   De La Roche, Jeanne ^a   Foadi, Nilufar ^a   Krampfl, Klaus ^a   Haeseler, Gertrud ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid receptor; 2,6 Di tert butylphenol; Inhibitory synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

2,6 DI TERT BUTYLPHENOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1BETA2GAMMA2; PROPOFOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENOLS; PROPOFOL; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 57149132754     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000180125     Document Type: Article

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