Ethanol selectively attenuates nmdar-mediated synaptic transmission in the prefrontal cortex

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 690-698

  Weitlauf, Carl ^b   Woodward, John J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MUSC Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; AMPA; Electrophysiology; GABA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION KINETICS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 41149163856     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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