A new meaning for "Gin & Tonic": tonic inhibition as the target for ethanol action in the brain

Alcohol

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-153

  Mody, Istvan ^a   Glykys, Joseph ^a   Wei, Weizheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABAARs; Inhibition; Neurosteroids; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CHLORIDE ION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GIN; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; METABOLITE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS;

EID: 34250708068     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.03.009     Document Type: Review

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