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GABA_A Receptors and Benzodiazepines

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Beginner
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14:05

This lecture focuses on how benzodiazepines act on GABA_A receptors.

Topics covered in this lesson
  • Structure of GABA_A receptor
  • How benzodiazepines potentiate GABA_A currents
  • Amino acid sequences of different GABA_A receptors
  • Mutating GABA_A receptors in the mouse genome
  • Sedation and anxiolysis.