Absence of significant interactive effects of high-dose D-cycloserine and ethanol in healthy human subjects: Preliminary insights into ethanol actions at the glycineB site of NMDA glutamate receptors

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-42

  Trevisan, Louis ^a,b,c   Petrakis, Ismene L ^a,b,c   Pittman, Brian ^b,c   Gueorguieva, Ralitza ^a,b,c   D'Souza, D Cyril ^a,b,c   Perry, Edward ^a,b   Limoncelli, Diana ^a,b,c   Krystal, John H ^a,b,c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; D Cycloserine; Ethanol; Euphoria; Glutamate; Glycine; Memory; NMDA; Stimulant

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLOSERINE; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BREATH TESTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION; CYCLOSERINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPEECH;

EID: 37349023951     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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