In the Rat, Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure During Adolescence Alters the Ethanol Sensitivity of Tonic Inhibition in Adulthood

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-285

  Fleming, Rebekah L ^a,b   Acheson, Shawn K ^a,b   Moore, Scott D ^a,b   Wilson, Wilkie A ^a,c   Swartzwelder, H Scott ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dentate Gyrus; Ethanol; Extrasynaptic GABA A Receptor; Tonic Inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ETHANOL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856390980     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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