GABAA receptors in the thalamus: α4 subunit expression and alcohol sensitivity

Alcohol

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Jia, Fan ^a   Pignataro, Leonardo ^a   Harrison, Neil L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alpha 4 subunit; Extrasynaptic; GABAA receptors; Thalamus; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A ALPHA 4 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; GABOXADOL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA4 SUBUNIT, GABA A RECEPTOR; ALPHA4 SUBUNIT, GABA-A RECEPTOR; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA CHAIN; ANALGESIA; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RHYTHM; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNAPSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SLEEP DISORDERS; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 34250759935     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.03.010     Document Type: Review

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