Prenatal ethanol exposure attenuates GABAergic inhibition in basolateral amygdala leading to neuronal hyperexcitability and anxiety-like behavior of adult rat offspring

Neuroscience

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 749-757

  Zhou, R ^a   Wang, S ^a   Zhu, X ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety like behavior; Basolateral amygdale complex; Dysinhibition; Evoked potential; GABA; Prenatal EtOH exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MIDAZOLAM;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE PROLINE-RICH PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MIDAZOLAM; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS;

EID: 77956499394     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.07.055     Document Type: Article

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