Effect of acute ethanol administration and acute allopregnanolone administration on spontaneous hippocampal pyramidal cell neural activity

Brain Research

Volumn 967, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Tokunaga, Sayaka ^a   McDaniel, Janelle R ^a   Morrow, A Leslie ^b   Matthews, Douglas B ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Ethanol; Finasteride; Hippocampus; Pyramidal neuron

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; FINASTERIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0037470790     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04266-X     Document Type: Article

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