Involvement of NMDA receptors in alcohol-mediated behavior: Mice with reduced affinity of the NMDA R1 glycine binding site display an attenuated sensitivity to ethanol

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-351

  Kiefer, Falk ^a   Jahn, Holger ^a   Koester, Anja ^b,c   Montkowski, Alexandra ^a   Reinscheid, Rainer K ^d   Wiedemann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Toxicology and Pathology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcoholism; Glutamate; Glycine; NMDAR1; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WILD TYPE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0037441749     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01486-5     Document Type: Article

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