An invitro model for studying the effects of continuous ethanol exposure on N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor function

Alcohol

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-16

  Nath, Vikas ^a   Reneau, Jason C ^a   Dertien, Janet S ^a   Agrawal, Rajiv G ^a,b   Guerra, Ian ^a   Bhakta, Yaminiben ^a   Busari, Kafayat ^a   Neumann, Mary Kate ^a   Bergeson, Susan E ^a,b   Popp, R Lisa ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cerebellar granule cells; Confocal microscopy; Continuous ethanol exposure (CEE); N methyl d aspartate receptors; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GLIA; GLIA CELL; GRANULE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RAT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84855540787     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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