Low doses of ethanol inhibit the firing of neurons in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata: a GABAergic effect?

Brain Research

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 1985, Pages 325-330

  Mereu, Giampaolo ^a   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

bicuculline; diazepam; dopamine; ethanol; muscimol; neuronal activity; picrotoxin; substantia nigra; aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DOSE; DRUG EFFICACY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0022370066     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)91249-1     Document Type: Article

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