Comments on "ethanol sensitivity of GABAergic currents in cerebellar granule neurons is not increased by a single amino acid change (R100Q) in the α6 GABAA receptor subunit" [1]

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 399-400

  Otis, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRANULE CELL; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; ETHANOL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 37349110159     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.131557     Document Type: Letter

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