Alcohol effects on synaptic transmission in periaqueductal gray dopamine neurons

Alcohol

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 279-287

  Li, Chia ^a   McCall, Nora M ^a   Lopez, Alberto J ^a   Kash, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dopamine; Emotional disorder; GABA; Glutamate; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84878013867     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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