International Union of Pharmacology. LXX. Subtypes of γ-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptors: Classification on the Basis of Subunit Composition, Pharmacology, and Function. Update

@article{Olsen2008InternationalUO,
  title={International Union of Pharmacology. LXX. Subtypes of $\gamma$-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptors: Classification on the Basis of Subunit Composition, Pharmacology, and Function. Update},
  author={Richard W. Olsen and Werner Sieghart},
  journal={Pharmacological Reviews},
  year={2008},
  volume={60},
  pages={243 - 260}
}
In this review we attempt to summarize experimental evidence on the existence of defined native GABAA receptor subtypes and to produce a list of receptors that actually seem to exist according to current knowledge. This will serve to update the most recent classification of GABAA receptors (Pharmacol Rev 50:291–313, 1998) approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Pharmacology. GABAA receptors are chloride channels that mediate the major form of fast inhibitory… 
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