Insulin reduces neuronal excitability by turning on GABAA channels that generate tonic current

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jin, Zhe ^a   Jin, Yang ^a   Kumar Mendu, Suresh ^a   Degerman, Eva ^b   Groop, Leif ^b   Birnir, Bryndis ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

RATTUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INSULIN; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 79251552543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016188     Document Type: Article

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