Contributions of the GABAA receptor α6 subunit to phasic and tonic inhibition revealed by a naturally occurring polymorphism in the α6 gene

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3357-3364

  Santhakumar, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Hanchar, H Jacob ^a   Wallner, Martin ^a   Olsen, Richard W ^a   Otis, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Cerebellum; Extrasynaptic inhibition; Flumazenil; Flunitrazepam; Granule cell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA6 SUBUNIT, GABA A RECEPTOR; ALPHA6 SUBUNIT, GABA-A RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; OOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHANOL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OOCYTES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33645243793     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4799-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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