Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 93-97 , August 2003

AA and ANA rats exhibit the R100Q mutation in the GABAA receptor α6 subunit

  • Lucinda G. Carr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Department of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 975 West Walnut Street, IB 407, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Tel.: +1-317-274-0152; fax: +1-317-278-4983.
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  • John P. Spence

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • ,
  • C.J. Peter Eriksson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Lawrence Lumeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • ,
  • Ting-Kai Li

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Received 12 May 2003 ,Revised 20 June 2003 ,Accepted 17 July 2003.

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PII: S0741-8329(03)00190-3

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.07.003

Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 93-97 , August 2003

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