Chronic ethanol administration alters activity in ventral tegmental area neurons after cessation of withdrawal hyperexcitability

Brain Research

Volumn 803, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 144-152

  Bailey, C P ^b   Manley, S J ^b   Watson, W P ^a   Wonnacott, S ^c   Molleman, A ^b   Little, H J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cessation; Chronic ethanol; VTA neuron

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032563689     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00654-4     Document Type: Article

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