Alcohol inhibits spontaneous activity of basolateral amygdala projection neurons in the rat: Involvement of the endocannabinoid system

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-449

  Perra, Simona ^a,b   Pillolla, Giuliano ^a   Luchicchi, Antonio ^a   Pistis, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Basolateral Amygdala; Cannabinoids; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOCANNABINOID; RIMONABANT;

ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ETHANOL; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 39749159959     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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