Knockin mice with ethanol-insensitive α1-containing γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors display selective alterations in behavioral responses to ethanol

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 219-227

  Werner, David F ^a   Blednov, Yuri A ^b   Ariwodola, Olusegun J ^c   Silberman, Yuval ^c   Logan, Exazevia ^c   Berry, Raymond B ^d   Borghese, Cecilia M ^b   Matthews, Douglas B ^d   Weiner, Jeffrey L ^c   Harrison, Neil L ^e   Harris, R Adron ^b   Homanics, Gregg E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Memphis   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALANINE; ALCOHOL; ETOMIDATE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SERINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPNOSIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ETHANOL; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUININE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFLEX; SACCHARIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33748990635     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.106161     Document Type: Article

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