Acute and chronic ethanol modulate dopamine d2-subtype receptor responses in ventral tegmental area GABA neurons

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 804-811

  Ludlow, Kimberly H ^a   Bradley, Katie D ^a   Allison, David W ^a   Taylor, Seth R ^a   Yorgason, Jordan T ^a   Hansen, David M ^a   Walton, Christine H ^a   Sudweeks, Sterling N ^a   Steffensen, Scott C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; D2 receptors; Dopamine; Ethanol; GABA; VTA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ETICLOPRIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ADAPTATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICROELECTROPHORESIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS;

EID: 64549119190     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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