Altering the relative abundance of GABA A receptor subunits changes GABA- and ethanol-responses in xenopus oocytes

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1089-1096

  Hurley, Joyce H ^a   Ballard, Carrie J ^a   Edenberg, Howard J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GABA receptors; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MODELS, ANIMAL; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 66549113530     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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