Mapping quantitative trait loci for seizure response to a GABA(A) receptor inverse agonist in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3731-3738

  Gershenfeld, Howard K ^a   Neumann, Paul E ^b   Li, Xiaohua ^a   St Jean, Pamela L ^c   Paul, Steven M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Individual differences; Open field; Quantitative trait locus (QTL); Seizure; carboline

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 4; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0033562387     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-10-03731.1999     Document Type: Article

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