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Ruth M. McKernan

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83

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Active since

1982

Affiliations

MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom)(Current)

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Ruth M. McKernan is an author at MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom) specializing in neuroscience, gabaergic signaling, and neuropharmacology.

Publications per year

1982–2016

83

Publications

83

Sedative but not anxiolytic properties of benzodiazepines are mediated by the GABAA receptor α1 subtype

Ruth M. McKernan, T.W. Rosahl, David S. Reynolds et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2000 · 941 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +14

Enhanced Learning and Memory and Altered GABAergic Synaptic Transmission in Mice Lacking the α5 Subunit of the GABA<sub>A</sub>Receptor

Neil Collinson, Frederick M. Kuenzi, Wolfgang Jarolimek et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2002 · 629 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Another mechanism for creating diversity in gamma-aminobutyrate type A receptors: RNA splicing directs expression of two forms of gamma 2 phosphorylation site.

Paul J. Whiting, Ruth M. McKernan, Leslie L. Iversen · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 433 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

Ligand-gated ion channel subunit partnerships: GABAA receptor alpha6 subunit gene inactivation inhibits delta subunit expression.

Alison Jones, Esa R. Korpi, Ruth M. McKernan et al. · PubMed · 1997 · 320 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

θ, a novel γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit

Timothy P. Bonnert, Ruth M. McKernan, Sophie J. Farrar et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 304 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

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