Ethanol withdrawal hyperexcitability in vivo and in isolated mouse hippocampal slices

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-357

  Ripley, T L ^a   Whittington, M A ^a   Butterworth, A R ^a   Little, H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ISRADIPINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0029763185     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008161     Document Type: Article

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