Probing α4βδ GABAA receptor heterogeneity: Differential regional effects of a functionally selective α4β1δ/α4β3δ receptor agonist on tonic and Phasic inhibition in rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 16256-16272

  Hoestgaard Jensen, Kirsten ^a   Dalby, Nils Ole ^a   Krall, Jacob ^a   Hammer, Harriet ^a   Krogsgaard Larsen, Povl ^a   Frølund, Bente ^a   Jensen, Anders A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extrasynaptic; GABA; GABA A receptors; Subtype selective; Tonic inhibition; 4

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDROISOTHIAZOLO[5,4 C]PYRIDIN 3 OL; ALPHA 4 BETA 1 DELTA RECEPTOR AGONIST; ALPHA 4 BETA 3 DELTA RECEPTOR AGONIST; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4,5,6,7-TETRAHYDROISOXAZOLO(3,4C)PYRIDIN-5-OL; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; XENOPUS; YOUNG ADULT; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CEREBELLUM; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THALAMUS; XENOPUS;

EID: 84914689730     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1495-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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