Hippocampal function during adolescence: A unique target of ethanol effects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2004, Pages 206-220

  White, Aaron M ^b   Swartzwelder, H Scott ^a  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethanol; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEDATION;

EID: 3042715836     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1308.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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