Beta-subunits are important modulators of the acute response to alcohol in human BK channels

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 737-744

  Feinberg Zadek, Paula L ^a   Treistman, Steven N ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Subunits; BK Channels; Ethanol Intoxication; Slo Gene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLO GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34247159554     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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