Alcohol and benzodiazepines: Recent mechanistic studies

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 155-164

  Harris, R Adron ^a,b   Mihic, S John ^c   Valenzuela, C Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032104635     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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