Acute and Chronic Ethanol Alter Glutamatergic Transmission in Rat Central Amygdala: An In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1594-1603

  Roberto, Marisa ^a   Schweitzer, Paul ^a   Madamba, Samuel G ^a   Stouffer, David G ^a   Parsons, Loren H ^a   Siggins, George R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chronic alcohol treatment; Electrophysiology; Ethanol dependence; Microdialysis; NMDA; Paired pulse facilitation

Indexed keywords

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

ADAPTATION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PAIRED PULSE FACILITATION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REINFORCEMENT; SYNAPSE; TECHNIQUE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1242296837     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5077-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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