Chronic alcohol exposure alters behavioral and synaptic plasticity of the rodent prefrontal cortex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kroener, Sven ^a   Mulholland, Patrick J ^b   New, Natasha N ^b   Gass, Justin T ^b   Becker, Howard C ^b   Chandler, L Judson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RODENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYNAPSE; TIME;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; MUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINES; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861634945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037541     Document Type: Article

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