Normal electrophysiological and behavioral responses to ethanol in mice lacking the long splice variant of the γ2 subunit of the γ-aminobutyrate type A receptor

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-265

  Homanics, Gregg E ^a   Harrison, Neil L ^b   Quinlan, Joseph J ^a   Krasowski, Matthew D ^b   Rick, Caroline E M ^b   De Blas, Angel L ^c,d   Mehta, Ashok K ^c,e   Kist, Frank ^a   Mihalek, Robert M ^a   Aul, Jerome J ^a   Firestone, Leonard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABA; GABA(A); Gene knockout; Receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SLEEP TIME; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHIMERA; CROSSES, GENETIC; ETHANOL; EXONS; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEQUENCE DELETION; SLEEP; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032968642     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(98)00177-4     Document Type: Article

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