Chronic ethanol and withdrawal differentially modulate pre- and postsynaptic function at glutamatergic synapses in rat basolateral amygdala

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3185-3196

  Läck, Anna K ^a   Diaz, Marvin R ^a   Chappell, Ann ^a   DuBois, Dustin W ^a,b   McCool, Brian A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALCOHOL; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 37549018018     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00189.2007     Document Type: Article

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