Acute alcohol action and desensitization of ligand-gated ion channels

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-114

  Dopico, Alex M ^a   Lovinger, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; DESENSITIZATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS;

EID: 63849158510     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: 15210081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.108.000430     Document Type: Review

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