Discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol in mice lacking the γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor δ subunit

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 906-913

  Shannon, Erin E ^a   Shelton, Keith L ^a   Vivian, Jeffrey A ^a   Yount, Ingrid ^a   Morgan, Ashley R ^a   Homanics, Gregg E ^b   Grant, Kathleen A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethanol; GABAA receptor; Mice; subunit

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ALFAXALONE; ANDROSTERONE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIZOCILPINE; ELTANOLONE; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; LIGAND; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942648336     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000128227.28794.42     Document Type: Article

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