Deletion of the α1 or β2 Subunit of GABAAReceptors Reduces Actions of Alcohol and Other Drugs

Importance of a novel GABAA receptor subunit for benzodiazepine pharmacology

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Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +12

Genetic variation among 129 substrains and its importance for targeted mutagenesis in mice

Elizabeth M. Simpson, C. Linder, Evelyn E. Sargent et al. · Nature Genetics · 1997 · 700 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +6

Attenuated sensitivity to neuroactive steroids in γ-aminobutyrate type A receptor delta subunit knockout mice

Robert Mihalek, Pradeep Banerjee, Esa R. Korpi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 526 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

Benzodiazepine-insensitive mice generated by targeted disruption of the gamma 2 subunit gene of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors.

Ulrich L. Günther, Jack A. Benson, Dietmar Benke et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1995 · 445 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +15

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