Function and modulation of δ-containing GABAA receptors

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Zheleznova, Nadezhda N ^b   Sedelnikova, Anna ^a   Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAA receptors; Neurosteroids; Tonic inhibition; Tracazolate

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; TRACAZOLATE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GRANULE CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 71249158116     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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