Disrupted thalamic t-type Ca2+ channel expression and function during ethanol exposure and withdrawal

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 528-540

  Graef, J D ^a   Huitt, T W ^a   Nordskog, B K ^a   Hammarback, J H ^a   Godwin, D W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THALAMUS;

EID: 79951817496     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00424.2010     Document Type: Article

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