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Alcohol and Ganaxolone Suppress Tremor via Extra-Synaptic GABAA Receptors in the Harmaline Model of Essential Tremor Cover

Alcohol and Ganaxolone Suppress Tremor via Extra-Synaptic GABAA Receptors in the Harmaline Model of Essential Tremor

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 13 (2023): Issue 1
By: Adrian Handforth,  Hovsep P. Kosoyan,  Pournima A. Kadam and  Ram P. Singh  
Open Access
|May 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.760 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 23, 2023
Accepted on: May 6, 2023
Published on: May 18, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
tremor,
cerebellum,
alcohol,
receptor,
harmaline

© 2023 Adrian Handforth, Hovsep P. Kosoyan, Pournima A. Kadam, Ram P. Singh, published by Ubiquity Press
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