γ-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is not an agonist of extrasynaptic GABAa receptors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Connelly, William M ^a   Errington, Adam C ^a   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SODIUM OXYBATE;

EID: 84893001228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079062     Document Type: Article

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