Voluntary ethanol intake enhances excitatory synaptic strength in the ventral tegmental area

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1714-1720

  Stuber, Garret D ^a   Hopf, F Woodward ^a   Hahn, Junghyun ^a   Cho, Saemi L ^a   Guillory, Anitra ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amino 3 hydroxy 5 methyl 4 isoxazolepropionic acid receptors; Alcohol; Electrophysiology; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 52149089883     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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