Alcohol dependence and genes encoding α2 and γ1 GABAA receptor subunits insights from humans and mice

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-354

  Borghese, Cecilia M ^a   harris, R Adron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid (GABA); Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Animal studies; DNA; GABAA; Gabra2; Gabrg1; Gene association studies; Genetic factors; Genetic theory of alcohol and other drug use (AODU); Genetic variants; Genetic vulnerability to aodu; Human studies; Ion channels; Mice; Neurotransmitters; Rats; Receptor (GABAA r) subunits; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870156949     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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