Physiological and pathological functions of acid-sensing ion channels in the central nervous system

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-271

  Chu, Xiang Ping ^a   Xiong, Zhi Gang ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid sensing ion channel; Acidosis; CNS; Function; Neurological disease; Neuron

Indexed keywords

A 317567; ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL; AMILORIDE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; PCTX 1; PCTX1; PENTETRAZOLE; PILOCARPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEAR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; ISCHEMIC NEURONAL INJURY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACID SENSING ION CHANNELS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTONS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84857133159     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945012799201685     Document Type: Review

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