Ethanol's inhibition of LTP may not be mediated solely via direct effects on the NMDA receptor

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 404-408

  Schummers, James ^a   Bentz, Scott ^a   Browning, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hippocampal Slice; Long term Potentiation; Memory

Indexed keywords

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

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMNESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DOSE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030978756     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03783.x     Document Type: Article

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