Effects of ethanol on rat somatosensory cortical neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 804, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-274

  Sessler, Francis M ^a   Hsu, Fu Chun ^a   Felder, Takiyah N ^a   Zhai, Jin ^a   Lin, Rick C S ^a   Wieland, Steven J ^a   Kosobud, Ann E k ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Intracellular recording; Membrane property; Pyramidal neuron; Sensory processing; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032494266     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00680-5     Document Type: Article

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