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A DNA element regulates drug tolerance and withdrawal in Drosophila.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Li Xiaolei, Ghezzi Alfredo, Pohl Jascha B, Bohm Arun Y, Atkinson Nigel S
Abstract excerpt
Drug tolerance and withdrawal are insidious responses to drugs of abuse; the first increases drug consumption while the second punishes abstention. Drosophila generate functional tolerance to benzyl alcohol sedation by increasing neural expression of the slo BK-type Ca(2+) activated K(+) channel...
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