Expression of the α1, α2 and α3 isoforms of the GABA(A) receptor in human alcoholic brain

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-112

  Lewohl, Joanne M ^a   Crane, Denis I ^a   Dodd, Peter R ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

brain damage; cerebral cortex; cirrhosis of the liver; human; mRNA; pathogenesis; quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030893874     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01396-0     Document Type: Article

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