GABAA-receptor δ subunit knockout mice have multiple defects in behavioral responses to ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1708-1718

  Mihalek, Robert M ^a   Bowers, Barbara J ^b   Wehner, Jeanne M ^b   Kralic, Jason E ^c   VanDoren, Margaret J ^c,d   Morrow, A Leslie ^c,d   Homanics, Gregg E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; GABAA receptor; Neurosteroid; Preference; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHERMIA; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035678460     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200112000-00003     Document Type: Article

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