Glutamatergic Transmission in Opiate and Alcohol Dependence

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1003, Issue , 2003, Pages 196-211

  Siggins, George Robert ^a   Martin, Gilles ^a,b   Roberto, Marisa ^a   Nie, Zhiguo ^a   Madamba, Samuel ^a   De Lecea, Luis ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central amygdala; Chronic ethanol; Chronic morphine; Electrophysiology; NMDA receptor; Nucleus accumbens; Pharmacology; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

7 CHLOROKYNURENIC ACID; ALCOHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HOMOQUINOLINATE; IFENPRODIL; MAGNESIUM; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; OPIATE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENETIC CODE; IC 50; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347091924     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1300.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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