How the Ganetzky lab drove me to alcohol

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 155-158

  Atkinson, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholism; behavior; BK type Ca2+ activated K+channel; Drosophila; slowpoke

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DROSOPHILA; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; HISTORY;

GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84984697676     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: 15635260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2016.1218489     Document Type: Article

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