Lipid vs protein theories of alcohol action in the nervous system

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue , 1996, Pages 185-201

  Peoples, Robert W ^a   Li, Chaoying ^a   Weight, Forrest F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; central nervous system; membrane; neurotransmitter gated ion channels; protein

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE LIPID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; THEORY;

MARSILEA; MARSILEA MINUTA; MARSILEACEAE;

EID: 0030007768     PISSN: 00664251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pa.36.040196.001153     Document Type: Review

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