Chemical genetics: Receptor-ligand pairs for rapid manipulation of neuronal activity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Wulff, Peer ^a   Arenkiel, Benjamin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALLATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLOZAPINE N OXIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE GATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; IVERMECTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ALLOSTERISM; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHEMICAL GENETICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84857691652     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.10.008     Document Type: Review

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