Anxious to drink: Gabapentin normalizes GABAergic transmission in the central amygdala and reduces symptoms of ethanol dependence

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 9087-9089

  Clemens, Kelly J ^a   Vendruscolo, Leandro F ^a  

^a UMR 5287   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; GABAPENTIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; BRAIN SLICE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALCOHOLISM; AMINES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS;

EID: 55249103215     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2928-08.2008     Document Type: Short Survey

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