GABAA receptor β subunit mRNA expression in the human alcoholic brain

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1011-1020

  Buckley, S Tracey ^a,b   Dodd, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

subunit mRNA; Alcoholism; GABAA receptor; Human brain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TITRIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 4444332040     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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