Effects of alcohol on the membrane excitability and synaptic transmission of medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens

Alcohol

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-327

  Marty, Vincent N ^a   Spigelman, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; GABA; Glutamate; Medium spiny neuron; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHANNEL GATING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ETHANOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861188354     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.12.002     Document Type: Review

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