Acamprosate, MK-801, and ifenprodil inhibit neurotoxicity and calcium entry induced by ethanol withdrawal in organotypic slice cultures from neonatal rat hippocampus

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1468-1478

  Mayer, Sveta ^a,b   Harris, Barton R ^a,b   Gibson, D Alex ^a,b   Blanchard, John A ^a   Prendergast, Mark A ^b   Holley, Robert C ^a,b   Littleton, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; Ethanol Withdrawal; Hippocampus; Ifenprodil; MK 801

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; DIZOCILPINE; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLYAMINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SPERMIDINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RELAPSE;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0036797201     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02445.x     Document Type: Article

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