Ethanol inhibition of N-methyl-D-aspartate-activated current in mouse hippocampal neurones: Whole-cell patch-clamp analysis

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1035-1042

  Peoples, Robert W ^a   White, Geoffrey ^a,b   Lovinger, David M ^a,c   Weight, Forrest F ^a  

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

^b NEUROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Glycine; Hippocampus; Ketamine; Mg2+; NMDA; Oxidation reduction; Polyamine; Proton; Zn2+

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DITHIOTHREITOL; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KETAMINE; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SPERMINE; ZINC;

EID: 0030732735     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701483     Document Type: Article

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