γ-Aminobutyric acid A receptor subunit mutant mice: New perspectives on alcohol actions

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1581-1602

  Boehm II, Stephen L ^a   Ponomarev, Igor ^a   Jennings, Andrew W ^a   Whiting, Paul J ^b   Rosahl, Thomas W ^b   Garrett, Elisabeth M ^b   Blednov, Yuri A ^a   Harris, R Adron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Ethanol; Knock out; Mouse; QTL

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALPHA CHAIN; BEHAVIOR; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; RIGHTING REFLEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4644340512     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.07.023     Document Type: Article

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