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Robert MacDonald

- Verified email at hud.ac.uk - Cited by 8296

Robert D. Macdonald

- Verified email at unimelb.edu.au - Cited by 1139

GABAA Receptor Channels

RL Macdonald, RW Olsen - Annual review of neuroscience, 1994 - annualreviews.org
The neutral amino acid),-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in
the central nervous system. GABA is released from GABAergic neurons and binds to both …

Antiepileptic drug mechanisms of action

RL Macdonald, KM Kelly - Epilepsia, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Established antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) decrease membrane excitability by interacting with
neurotransmitter receptors or ion channels. AEDs developed before 1980 appear to act on …

Demand for sport

J Borland, R MacDonald - Oxford review of economic policy, 2003 - academic.oup.com
This article reviews international literature on the demand for professional sport. The first
part presents a conceptual framework for understanding the sources and determinants of the …

Small-volume extrusion apparatus for preparation of large, unilamellar vesicles

RC MacDonald, RI MacDonald, BPM Menco… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 1991 - Elsevier
The design and performance of the filter holder which enables convenient preparations of
volumes of up to a milliliter of large, unilamellar vesicles by extrusion (LUVETs) from …

[PDF][PDF] It's time to revise the definition of status epilepticus

DH Lowenstein, T Bleck, RL Macdonald - 1999 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Generalized, tonic-clonic status epilepticus is well recognized as a common neurologic
emergency requiring prompt treatment. The diagnosis is usually not difficult, other than for …

[BOOK][B] Disconnected Youth?: Growing up in Britain's Poor in Neighbourhoods

R MacDonald, J Marsh - 2005 - books.google.com
How do young people get by in hard times and hard places? Have they become a'lost
generation'disconnected from society's mainstream? Do popular ideas about social …

Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors: form, pharmacology, and function

D Belelli, NL Harrison, J Maguire… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
GABA is the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS and acts via GABAA and
GABAB receptors. Recently, a novel form of GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition, termed …

Rapid seizure-induced reduction of benzodiazepine and Zn2+ sensitivity of hippocampal dentate granule cell GABAA receptors

J Kapur, RL Macdonald - Journal of Neuroscience, 1997 - Soc Neuroscience
Fast synaptic inhibition in the forebrain is mediated primarily by GABA acting on GABAA
receptors (GABARs). GABARs are regulated by numerous positive (barbiturates …

Growing up in poor neighbourhoods: The significance of class and place in the extended transitions of 'socially excluded'young adults

R MacDonald, T Shildrick, C Webster… - Sociology, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing upon qualitative, longitudinal research with 'socially excluded'young adults from
some of England's poorest neighbourhoods, the article explores how locally-embedded …

[BOOK][B] Poverty and insecurity: Life in low-pay, no-pay Britain

T Shildrick, R MacDonald - 2012 - books.google.com
Winner of the British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 2013 How do men and women get
by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically …