Quantitative trait loci involved in genetic predisposition to acute alcohol withdrawal in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3946-3955

  Buck, Kari Johnson ^a,b   Metten, Pamela ^a   Belknap, John K ^a,b   Crabbe, John C ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ethanol; GABA(A) receptor; glutamic acid decarboxylase; handling induced convulsions; physiological dependence; QTL; quantitative trait locus; recombinant inbred strain; seizure; selective breeding; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 2; CONVULSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030969246     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03946.1997     Document Type: Article

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