Alcohol administration blocks stress-induced impairments in memory and anxiety, and alters hippocampal neurotransmitter receptor expression in male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 659-666

  Gomez, J L ^a,b   Lewis, M J ^a,b   Sebastian, V ^a   Serrano, P ^a,b   Luine, V N ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anxiety; Corticosterone; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ALPHA 4; ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; UPREGULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876473957     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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