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. 2016 Sep-Dec;30(3-4):155-158.
doi: 10.1080/01677063.2016.1218489. Epub 2016 Sep 1.

How the Ganetzky lab drove me to alcohol

Nigel S Atkinson  1
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How the Ganetzky lab drove me to alcohol

Nigel S Atkinson. J Neurogenet. 2016 Sep-Dec.

Abstract

This is a brief reminiscence of my time in the Ganetzky lab from 1986-1990 and its effect on my scientific trajectory.

Keywords: BK-type Ca2+-activated K+ channel; Drosophila; alcoholism; behavior; slowpoke.

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