GABAA Receptors
Pharmacological properties of recombinant human GABAA receptors
... of GABAa receptors has enabled a putative kinetic model for the mechanism of action of tracazolate to be ...apS receptors have significantly different desensitization rates, with ap e ...
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Functional characterisation of recombinant GABAA receptors
... to receptors in the ...GABA^ receptors than isoguvacine in the ra t hippocampal slice ...GABA^ receptors expressed from chick brain mRNA (Smart et ...GABA^ receptors and nine times more potent ...
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The identification of a novel protein interacting with GABAA receptors using the yeast two-hybrid system
... Hydropathic analysis of the nACh, GABA^, S-HT^ and glycine receptor subunits have shown that they share a characteristic domain structure. (Betz et a l, 1986; Schofield et a l, 1987; reviewed by Karlin and Akabas, 1995). ...
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Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors in mediodorsal thalamic nucleus modulate fear extinction learning
... As we previously reported the firing mode of MD neurons modulates fear extinction bidirectionally; tonic firing facilitates, while burst firing attenuates extinc- tion learning [5].. Ind[r] ...
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The development and application of the Semliki Forest virus expression system to the study of GABAA receptors
... The m ech an ism th a t controls the assem b ly of G A B A a receptors w ith in n e u ro n e s of th e cen tral n e rv o u s sy stem are u n k n o w n . Five classes of G A B A a su b u n it h ave b een d isco v e ...
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Allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors by steroids and related compounds: functional and binding studies
... Propofol is an intravenous anaesthetic which is chemically unrelated to other anaesthetics. At low concentrations ( 2 - 100 pM ), propofol potentiates GABA- activated currents, by increasing the frequency of channel ...
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Regulation of epileptiform activity by two distinct subtypes of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors
... [26,28,32]. Thus, tonic inhibition might have undergone homeostatic changes during and after epileptogenesis [51]. Our current study demonstrated that enhancing tonic inhibition by increasing the expression level of ei- ...
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GABAA receptors activate fish feeding behaviour via two distinct functional pathways
... Depending on cell type and particular compound, benzodiazepines may affect phasic, tonic, or both types of GABAR-induced inhibition (Bai et al., 2001; Nusser and Mody, 2002; Glykys and Mody, 2006; Yamada et al., 2007). ...
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Role of GABAA receptors in alcohol use disorders suggested by chronic intermittent ethanol (CIE) rodent model
... glutamate receptors, changing their expression levels, or subunit composition, and/or localization ...of receptors, or mysterious change in receptor conductance [42, ...neurotransmitter receptors is ...
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Analgesic Effect of 17β-Estradiol on Nucleus Paragigantocellularis Lateralis of Male Rats Mediated Via GABAA Receptors
... tive effect on the first and the second phases of for- malin-induced flexing behavior. Similarly, intra-LPGi 17β-estradiol had a significant pain relieving effect only on the second phase of formalin-induced licking ...
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Weaker control of the electrical properties of cerebellar granule cells by tonically active GABAA receptors in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down’s syndrome
... Results: We report that in the Ts65Dn mouse model of DS, in which cerebellar volume and GC number are decreased as in DS, the tonic GABA A receptor current in GCs is smaller than in wild[r] ...
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Molecular characterisation of C3, a novel protein putatively associated with GABAA receptors
... As a result of these findings preparation o f the bacterial extract containing poly-His C3FL 8-634 and the poly-His tag alone (control) was undertaken using denaturing cond[r] ...
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Pharmacological characterization of GABAA receptors in taurine-fed mice
... Background: Taurine is one of the most abundant free amino acids especially in excitable tissues, with wide physiological actions. Chronic supplementation of taurine in drinking water to mice increases brain excitability ...
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Allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors by extracellular ATP
... EC50 of 2.1 ± 0.2 mM. The potentiation was mediated by a postsynaptic mechanism that was not dependent on activation of either ecto-protein kinase or P2 receptors. Single channel recordings from cell-free excised ...
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3 Arylisothiazoloquinols As Potent Ligands for the Benzodiazepine Site of GABAA Receptors
... tropic receptors for GABA are ligand gated ion channels that on activation by GABA mediate fast neurotransmis- sion by allowing a flow of chloride ions into the neuron, causing a hyperpolarization of the membrane ...
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Molecular Simulation of GABA(A) Receptor to Study of Effects on Nervous Stimulants Inhibitory and Blood Pressure; A Nano Molecular Modeling of GABARAP
... GABA is the most distributed inhibitory neurotransmitter that used by 25-50% of all synapses. Most of the physiological functions of GABA are provided by GABAA receptors which it is a member of the ...
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Association between benzodiazepine use and exacerbations and mortality in patients with asthma: a matched case control and survival analysis using the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink
... Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed especially for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia,4 through modulation of inhibitory Ɣ-amino butyric acid Type A GABAA receptors in the brain.5 O[r] ...
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A role for fast rhythmic bursting neurons in cortical gamma oscillations in vitro
... The network model and cortical slice oscillations shared a qualitatively similar ‘‘pharmacology.’’ In the model, blocking electrical coupling, or AMPA receptors, or GABAA receptors, all [r] ...
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Studies on the phosphorylation of GABAA receptor β subunits
... Recombinant subunit proteins have been used to overcome some of the difficulties associated with identification of phosphorylation sites within native receptors. Receptor intracellular domains have been expressed ...
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The influence of membrane cholesterol on the rat GABAA receptor
... The level of cholesterol within the frontal and temporal regions of the brain has been seen to reach a maximum at 2 0 years of age and to decrease linearly with increasing age upto 80 years, above which the changes in ...
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