Modulation of GABA(A) receptor function by alcohols: Effects of subunit composition and differential effects of ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1313-1319

  Whitten, R J ^a   Maitra, R ^a   Reynolds, J N ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; GABA(A) Receptors; Voltage Clamp; Xenopus Oocytes

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; HEPTANOL; PROPANOL; PROPOFOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; 2-BUTANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; OOCYTE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

1-BUTANOL; ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; BUTANOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HEPTANOL; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029658685     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01128.x     Document Type: Article

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