GABAA receptors: Pharmacology, behavioral roles, and motor disorders

Neuroscientist

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-23

  Lüddens, Hartmut ^a   Korpi, Esa R ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Alko Inc   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Animal behavior; Benzodiazepines; Functional domains; Receptor subtypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042976212     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849600200109     Document Type: Review

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