Mapping a barbiturate withdrawal locus to a 0.44 Mb interval and analysis of a novel null mutant identify a role for Kcnj9 (GIRK3) in withdrawal from pentobarbital, zolpidem, and ethanol

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 11662-11673

  Kozell, Laura B ^a   Walter, Nicole A R ^a   Milner, Lauren C ^a   Wickman, Kevin ^b   Buck, Kari J ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENTOBARBITAL; POTASSIUM; ZOLPIDEM;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; KCNJ9 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PENTOBARBITAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIDINES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 70349126720     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1413-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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