Interactive role for neurosteroids in ethanol enhancement of γ- aminobutyric acid-gated currents from dissociated substantia nigra reticulata neurons

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1054-1059

  Criswell, Hugh E ^a   Mccown, Thomas J ^a   Ming, Zhen ^a   Mueller, Robert A ^a   Breese, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALFAXALONE; NEUROSTEROID;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANEDIONES; RATS; STEROIDS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0032705768     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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