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Susceptibility to ethanol withdrawal seizures is produced by BK channel gene expression.
Addiction biology - 1 May 2014
Ghezzi Alfredo, Krishnan Harish R, Atkinson Nigel S
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol withdrawal seizures are part of the symptomatology of severe alcohol dependence and are believed to originate from long-term neural adaptations that counter the central nervous system depressant effects of alcohol. Upon alcohol withdrawal, however, the increased neural excitability that w...
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