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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1164
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The anticonvulsant barbiturate phenobarbitone increases membrane current and conductance responses to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in cultured mouse spinal neurons. Analyses of GABA current fluctuations under control conditions and in the presence of phenobarbitone show that the principle action is to increase the average time during which GABA-activated channels remain open. The duration of minature synaptic currents with a time constant of decay similar to the mean open-time of GABA-activated channels is prolonged by the drug. The results suggest that (1) the synaptic events are GABA-mediated and (2) the enhancement of these events by barbiturate is due to the postsynaptic action of the drug.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0080-4649
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
206
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
319-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-4-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Phenobarbitone modulation of postsynaptic GABA receptor function on cultured mammalian neurons.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article