Developmentally regulated actions of alcohol on hippocampal glutamatergic transmission

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 8027-8036

  Mameli, Manuel ^a   Zamudio, Paula A ^a   Carta, Mario ^a,c   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)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Electrophysiology; Ethanol; Glutamate; Postsynaptic; Presynaptic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 24344469660     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2434-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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