Early exposure to alcohol Leads to Permanent Impairment of dendritic Excitability in Neocortical pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1377-1382

  Granato, Alberto ^a   Palmer, Lucy M ^b   de Giorgio, Andrea ^a   Tavian, Daniela ^a   Larkum, Matthew E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM TRANSIENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITES; ETHANOL; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84856285243     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5520-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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