Sensitivity to the seizure-inducing effects of nicotine is associated with strain-specific variants of the α5 and α7 nicotinic receptor subunit genes

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1104-1111

  Stitzel, Jerry A ^a   Blanchette, Jennifer M ^a   Collins, Allan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BINDING AFFINITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEIZURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BUNGAROTOXINS; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED DBA; NICOTINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEIZURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031936537     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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