A novel assay of Gi/o-linked G protein-coupled receptor coupling to potassium channels provides new insights into the pharmacology of the group III metabotropic glutamate receptors.

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Published in Mol Pharmacol on January 02, 2008

Authors

Colleen M Niswender1, Kari A Johnson, Qingwei Luo, Jennifer E Ayala, Caroline Kim, P Jeffrey Conn, C David Weaver

Author Affiliations

1: 1215 MRB IV, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. colleen.niswender@vanderbilt.edu

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