Low ethanol concentrations selectively augment the tonic inhibition mediated by δ subunit-containing GABAA receptors in hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 8379-8382

  Wei, Weizheng ^a   Faria, Leonardo Coutinho ^a,b   Mody, Istvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; CA1; Dentate; GABA; Hippocampus; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 4644326916     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2040-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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