γ-hydroxybutyric acid and diazepam antagonize a rapid increase in GABAA receptors α4 subunit mRNA abundance induced by ethanol withdrawal in cerebellar granule cells

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 896-907

  Follesa, Paolo ^a   Mancuso, Luisa ^a   Biggio, Francesca ^a   Mostallino, Maria Cristina ^b   Manca, Annalisa ^a   Mascia, Maria Paola ^b   Busonero, Fabio ^a   Talani, Giuseppe ^a   Sanna, Enrico ^a   Biggio, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENETIC CODE; GRANULE CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; DIAZEPAM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037382253     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.63.4.896     Document Type: Article

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