A new look at calcium channel α2δ subunits

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 563-571

  Bauer, Claudia S ^a   Tran Van Minh, Alexandra ^a   Kadurin, Ivan ^a   Dolphin, Annette C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA2DELTA 1 SUBUNIT; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA2DELTA 2 SUBUNIT; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA2DELTA SUBUNIT; GABAPENTIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PREGABALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77957021238     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.05.007     Document Type: Review

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