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The effects of isoflurane on desensitized wild-type and alpha 1(S270H) gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 May 2004
Hall Adam C, Rowan Kathleen C, Stevens Renna J N, Kelley Jill C, Harrison Neil L
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABA(A)-R) mediate synaptic inhibition and meet many pharmacological criteria required of important general anesthetic targets. During synaptic transmission GABA release is sufficient to saturate, maximally activate, and transiently desensitize postsynaptic GABA(A)-Rs. The resulting inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) are prolonged by volatile anesthetics...
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