The diversity of GABAA receptors: Pharmacological and electrophysiological properties of GABAA channel subtypes

W Hevers, H Lüddens - Molecular neurobiology, 1998 - Springer
The amino acid γ-aminobutyric-acid (GABA) prevails in the CNS as an inhibitory neurotrans-
mitter that mediates most of its effects through fast GABA-gated Cl−-channels (GABA AR) …

From ion currents to genomic analysis: Recent advances in GABAA receptor research

LE Rabow, SJ Russek, DH Farb - Synapse, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The γ‐aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor represents an elementary switching
mechanism integral to the functioning of the central nervous system and a locus for the …

Positive allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors by a novel antiepileptic drug cenobamate

R Sharma, M Nakamura, C Neupane, BH Jeon… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cenobamate is a novel antiepileptic drug under investigation for use in patients with focal
(partial-onset) seizures. To understand its potential molecular mechanism of action, the …

Interaction of convulsive ligands with benzodiazepine receptors

C Braestrup, R Schmiechen, G Neef, M Nielsen… - Science, 1982 - science.org
The γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-benzodiazepine receptor complex, which is composed of
distinct proteins embedded in the neuronal plasma membrane, is important for several …

Inhibition of the NMDA response by pregnenolone sulphate reveals subtype selective modulation of NMDA receptors by sulphated steroids

A Malayev, TT Gibbs, DH Farb - British journal of pharmacology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The neurosteroid pregnenolone sulphate (PS) potentiates N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate (NMDA)
receptor mediated responses in various neuronal preparations. The NR1 subunit can …

Co-localization of GABAA receptors and benzodiazepine receptors in the brain shown by monoclonal antibodies

P Schoch, JG Richards, P Häring, B Takacs, C Stähli… - Nature, 1985 - nature.com
The most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, γ-aminobutyric
acid (GABA), exerts its main effects via a GABAA receptor that gates a chloride channel in …

Benzodiazepine antagonist Ro 15-1788: neurological and behavioral effects

EP Bonetti, L Pieri, R Cumin, R Schaffner, M Pieri… - …, 1982 - Springer
In neurological and behavioral studies in mice, rats, dogs and squirrel monkeys, the
imidazobenzodiazepinone Ro 15-1788 acted as a potent benzodiazepine antagonist. The …

FROM GABAA RECEPTOR DIVERSITY EMERGES A UNIFIED VISION OF GABAergic INHIBITION

E Costa - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Transmitter receptor diversity often indicates differences in transmitter receptor
transduction mechanisms. This is not the case for γ-aminobutyric acid subtype A (GABAA) …

Steroid modulation of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor-linked chloride lonophore

KW Gee - Molecular neurobiology, 1988 - Springer
Recent findings suggest that steroids with sedative-hypnotic properties interact specifically
with the γ-aminobutyric acid A/benzodiazepine receptor-chloride ionophore complex …

Diazepam and (--)-pentobarbital: fluctuation analysis reveals different mechanisms for potentiation of gamma-aminobutyric acid responses in cultured central neurons.

JL Barker - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of …, 1981 - europepmc.org
Abstract Diazepam and (--)-pentobarbital each potentiate the increase in chloride ion
conductance produced by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) i voltage-clamped mouse …