Do N-arachidonyl-glycine (NA-glycine) and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) share mode of action and the binding site on the β2 subunit of GABAA receptors?

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Baur, Roland ^a   Gertsch, Jürg ^a   Sigel, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 AG; Endocannabinoids; GABA; GABAA receptors; NA glycine

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYL GLYCEROL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; N ARACHIDONYL GLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84885111840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.149     Document Type: Article

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