Gender-selective effects of ethanol dependence on NMDA receptor subunit expression in cerebral cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-334

  Devaud, Leslie L ^a   Morrow, A Leslie ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ethanol dependence; Gender; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032891904     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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