BK channels play a counter-adaptive role in drug tolerance and dependence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 16360-16365

  Ghezzi, Alfredo ^a   Pohl, Jascha B ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Atkinson, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anesthesia; Drug abuse; Epilepsy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZYL ALCOHOL; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SEDATIVE AGENT; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; SLO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXCITABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEDATION; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADAPTATION; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DRUG TOLERANCE; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77958013700     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005439107     Document Type: Article

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