Molecular genetic analysis of the role of GABAergic systems in the behavioral and cellular actions of alcohol

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-323

  Buck, Kari Johnson ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Ethanol; GABA(A) receptor subunit; genetic mapping; glutamic acid decarboxylase; quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030017611     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02359387     Document Type: Review

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