Glucocorticoid and polyamine interactions in the plasticity of glutamatergic synapses that contribute to ethanol-associated dependence and neuronal injury

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-223

  Prendergast, Mark A ^a   Mulholland, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; glucocorticoids; neuropathology; NMDA receptors; polyamines; stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLYAMINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYAMINES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RODENTIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84857658496     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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