Alpha5GABAA receptors mediate the amnestic but not sedative-hypnotic effects of the general anesthetic etomidate.

Cheng, Victor Y

Alpha5GABAA receptors mediate the amnestic but not sedative-hypnotic effects of the general anesthetic etomidate. [electronic resource] - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Apr 2006 - 3713-20 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1529-2401

10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5024-05.2006 doi


Action Potentials--drug effects
Amnesia--chemically induced
Anesthetics, General--administration & dosage
Animals
Cells, Cultured
Etomidate--administration & dosage
Hypnosis, Anesthetic--methods
Hypnotics and Sedatives--administration & dosage
Long-Term Potentiation--drug effects
Memory--drug effects
Mice
Pyramidal Cells--drug effects
Receptors, GABA-A--metabolism
Synaptic Transmission--drug effects