Allosteric modulation of glycine receptors

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 224-236

  Yevenes, Gonzalo E ^a   Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

allosteric modulation; cannabinoid; endocannabinoid; ethanol; glycine; glycine receptor; neurosteroids; tropeines; zinc

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AJULEMIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALFAXALONE; ANANDAMIDE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BEMESETRON; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; DEXANABINOL; DRONABINOL; ENFLURANE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ISOFLURANE; IVERMECTIN; MINAXOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; PROPOFOL; TROPISETRON; ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; ANXIETY; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; DRUG TARGETING; EXCITABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RETINA; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SPINAL CORD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE;

EID: 80051996920     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01471.x     Document Type: Review

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