Advances in pharmacology v. 54,GABA /edited by S. J. Enna. –Elsevier Academic Press, 2006. –(63.3/A244/v.54)

Contents

 Contents:

1.       The Role of GABA in Mediation and Perception of Pain  1

2.       Distribution of GABA Receptors in the Thalamus and Their Involvement in Nociception  29

3.       GABA_A  Agonists and Partial Agonists: THIP (Gaboxadol) as a Non-Opioid Analgesic and a Novel Type of Hypnotic  53

4.       Rat Modeling fro GABA Defects in Schizophrenia  73

5.       Epigenetic Targets in GABAergic Neurons to Treat Schizophrenia  95

6.       GABAergic Malfunction in the Limbic System Resulting from an Aboriginal Genetic Defect in Voltage-Gated Na⁺-Channel SCN5A is Proposed to Give Rise to Susceptibility to Schizophrenia  119

7.       GABA_A Receptor Mutations Associated with Generalized Epilepsies  147

8.       From Gene to Behavior and Back Again: New Perspectives on GABA_A Receptor Subunit Selectivity of Alcohol Actions  171

9.       A Role for GABA in Alcohol Dependence  205

10.   Structure, Pharmacology, and Function of GABA_A Receptor Subtypes  231