The SK channel as a novel target for treating alcohol use disorders

Channels

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hopf, F Woodward ^a,b   Seif, Taban ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Alcohol use disorder; Nucleus accumbens; SK channel; Waveform

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; ION CHANNEL; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; WAVEFORM;

RATTUS;

EID: 79960809738     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/chan.5.4.16577     Document Type: Note

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