The effects of chronic ethanol administration on amygdala neuronal firing and ethanol withdrawal seizures

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 648-653

  Feng, Hua Jun ^a   Faingold, Carl L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive changes; Amygdala; Audiogenic seizures; Chronic intermittent ethanol; Ethanol withdrawal; Microwire; Neuronal firing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; ELECTRODE; KINDLING; MALE; MICROWIRE ELECTRODE; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC SEIZURE; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; MALE; NEURONS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 50849096680     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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