Direct Inhibition of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA)-Receptor Function by Antiglaucomatous β-Antagonists

In the present study, we investigated the direct effects of antiglaucoma drugs (timolol, betaxolol, pilocarpine, and latanoprost) on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptor function using a Xenopus oocytes expression system and electrophysiological techniques. In oocytes expressing wild-type NMDA (NR1a...

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Main Authors: Tatsuo Nagata, Susumu Ueno, Hirofumi Morita, Toshiaki Kubota, Yumiko Toyohira, Masato Tsutsui, Akihiko Tawara, Nobuyuki Yanagihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319315014