Ethanol reduces the duration of single evoked spikes by a selective inhibition of voltage-gated calcium currents in acutely dissociated supraoptic neurons of the rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 399-406

  Widmer, H ^a   Lemos, J R ^a   Treistman, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Alcohol; Excitability; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031749725     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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