Single-channel and whole-cell analysis of ethanol inhibition of NMDA-activated currents in cultured mouse cortical and hippocampal neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 738, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-256

  Wright, Jerry M ^a,b   Peoples, Robert W ^a   Weight, Forrest F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethanol; inbred strain C57BL 6; kinetic analysis; mouse; N methyl D aspartate; single channel recording; whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0030569408     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00780-9     Document Type: Article

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