Alcohol is a potent stimulant of immature neuronal networks: Implications for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1500-1511

  Galindo, Rafael ^a   Zamudio, Paula A ^a   Valenzuela, C Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Network; Presynaptic; Release; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 24344464984     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03294.x     Document Type: Article

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