The cerebellar GABAA α6 subunit is differentially modulated by chronic ethanol exposure in normal (R100R) and mutated (Q100Q) sNP rats

Brain Research

Volumn 998, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-154

  Sanna, Angela ^a   Congeddu, Elena ^a   Saba, Luisella ^a   Porcella, Anna ^b   Marchese, Giorgio ^a   Ruiu, Stefania ^a   Casti, Paola ^a   Saba, Pierluigi ^c   Pani, Luca ^a,b  

^a Neuroscienze PharmaNess Scarl   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethanol preference; GABAA receptor; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; RAT STRAIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLUM; ETHANOL; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 1642483446     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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