GluN2B subunit deletion reveals key role in acute and chronic ethanol sensitivity of glutamate synapses in bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wills, Tiffany A ^a   Klug, Jason R ^a   Silberman, Yuval ^a   Baucum, Anthony J ^a   Weitlauf, Carl ^a   Colbran, Roger J ^a,b   Delpire, Eric ^a,b   Winder, Danny G ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory transmission; Extended amygdala; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; ALCOHOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84857129201     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113820109     Document Type: Article

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