Excitability of jcBNST neurons is reduced in alcohol-dependent animals during protracted alcohol withdrawal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Szücs, Attila ^a,b   Berton, Fulvia ^c,d   Sanna, Pietro Paolo ^c   Francesconi, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; JUXTACAPSULAR NUCLEUS OF THE BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84865191742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042313     Document Type: Article

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