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Brain α-Neurotoxin-Binding Proteins and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (1988)
Book Chapter
Darlison, M. G., Hicks, A. A., Cockcroft, V. B., Squire, M. D., & Barnard, E. A. (1988). Brain α-Neurotoxin-Binding Proteins and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. In Cellular and Molecular Basis of Synaptic Transmission, 475-492. Springer Verlag. https

The study of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) of skeletal muscle and fish electric organ has been greatly facilitated by the application of the α-neurotoxins (postsynaptic toxins) of elapid and hydrophid snake venoms, such as α-bungarotoxi... Read More about Brain α-Neurotoxin-Binding Proteins and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.

Pharmacology, Cloning and Expression of Insect Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (1988)
Book Chapter
Marshall, J., David, J. A., Darlison, M. G., Barnard, E. A., & Sattelle, D. B. (1988). Pharmacology, Cloning and Expression of Insect Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. In Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Nervous System, 257-281. Springer Verlag.

There is considerable evidence that acetylcholine is an excitatory neurotransmitter at many synapses in the insect central nervous system (Sattelle 1986). Despite the acute technical difficulties of proving that a putative transmitter exerts a functi... Read More about Pharmacology, Cloning and Expression of Insect Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.

Distinct GABAA receptor α subunit mRNAs show differential patterns of expression in bovine brain (1988)
Journal Article
Wisden, W., Morris, B. J., Darlison, M. G., Hunt, S. P., & Barnard, E. A. (1988). Distinct GABAA receptor α subunit mRNAs show differential patterns of expression in bovine brain. Neuron, 1(10), 937-947. https://doi.org/10.1016/0896-6273%2888%2990151-1

Specific oligonucleotide probes have been used to visualize the regional and cellular distribution of the mRNAs encoding three structurally distinct GABA A receptor α subunits in bovine brain. In situ hybridization analysis showed that these transcri... Read More about Distinct GABAA receptor α subunit mRNAs show differential patterns of expression in bovine brain.

Structural and functional basis for GABAA receptor heterogeneity (1988)
Journal Article
Levitan, E. S., Schofield, P. R., Burt, D. R., Rhee, L. M., Wisden, W., Köhler, M., …Seeburg, P. H. (1988). Structural and functional basis for GABAA receptor heterogeneity. Nature, 335(6185), 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1038/335076a0

When γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrate brain, binds to its receptor it activates a chloride channel. Neurotransmitter action at the GABAA receptor is potentiated by both benzodiazepines and barbiturates w... Read More about Structural and functional basis for GABAA receptor heterogeneity.