Alcohol withdrawal-induced hippocampal neurotoxicity in vitro and seizures in vivo are both reduced by memantine

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2128-2135

  Stepanyan, Tracy D ^a   Farook, Justin M ^b   Kowalski, Alexandra ^c   Kaplan, Eva ^c   Barron, Susan ^b   Littleton, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol withdrawal syndrome; Hippocampal slice culture; Memantine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; MEMANTINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DETOXIFICATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMANTINE; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 57249116909     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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