GABA(A) receptor function in the cerebral cortex of alcohol-naive P and NP rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Thielen, R J ^a   McBride, W J ^a   Lumeng, L ^a   Li, T K ^a  

^a Departments of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preferring rats; Chloride influx; GABA(A) receptors; Pentobarbital; Phenobarbital

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHLORINE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031963072     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00418-8     Document Type: Article

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