Acamprosate (calcium acetylhomotaurinate) enhances the N-methyl-D-aspartate component of excitatory neurotransmission in rat hippocampal CA1 neurons in vitro

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 651-658

  Madamba, Samuel G ^a   Schweitzer, Paul ^a   Zieglgänsberger, Walter ^a   Siggins, George Robert ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EPSP; Ethanol; Glutamate; Glycine; Intracellular Recording

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACAMPROSATE; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAURINE;

EID: 0030000009     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01667.x     Document Type: Article

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