Effect of chronic ethanol treatment in vivo on excitability in mouse cortical neurones in vitro

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 956-962

  Ibbotson, T ^a   Field, M J ^a   Boden, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epileptiform activity; GABA(A) receptors; NMDA receptors; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; AMPA RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTETRAZOLE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030806706     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701471     Document Type: Article

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