Ginsenoside Rg3 regulates GABAA receptor channel activity: Involvement of interaction with the γ2 subunit

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 705, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 119-125

  Lee, Byung Hwan ^a   Kim, Hyeon Joong ^a   Chung, Leeyup ^b   Nah, Seung Yeol ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAA receptor; Ginsenoside Rg3; Panax ginseng; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR EPSILON; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA3; GINSENOSIDE RA 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 2; GINSENOSIDE RC; GINSENOSIDE RF; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; GINSENOSIDE RH 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; GINSENOSIDES; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84875281413     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.02.040     Document Type: Article

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