Phosphorylation of the GABA(A) receptor γ2L subunit in rat sensory neurons may not be necessary for ethanol sensitivity

Brain Research

Volumn 805, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 116-122

  Zhai, Jin ^a,b   Stewart, Randall Reed ^a   Friedberg, Mark William ^a,c   Li, Chaoying ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABA(A) receptor; Patch clamp, dorsal root ganglion; Phosphorylation; Potentiation; Rat, RT PCR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; OKADAIC ACID; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032516944     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00689-1     Document Type: Article

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