Ethanol modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic interactions in cultured cortical neurons

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1516-1524

  Marszalec, William ^a   Aistrup, Gary L ^a   Narahashi, Toshio ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Excitatory Postsynaptic Current; GABA; Inhibitory Postsynaptic Current; NMDA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031727625     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03944.x     Document Type: Article

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