Basis of variable sensitivities of GABA(A) receptors to ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 965-971

  Mori, Takashi ^a   Aistrup, Gary L ^a   Nishikawa, Kiyonobu ^a   Marszalec, William ^a   Yeh, Jay Z ^a   Narahashi, Toshio ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Channel Modulation; Ethanol; GABA(A) Receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; HEXANOL; OCTANOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; MOLECULAR SIZE; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SPINAL GANGLION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033858687     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200007000-00005     Document Type: Article

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