Hyposensitivity to gamma-aminobutyric acid in the ventral tegmental area during alcohol withdrawal: Reversal by histone deacetylase inhibitors

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1674-1684

  Arora, Devinder S ^a   Nimitvilai, Sudarat ^a   Teppen, Tara L ^a   McElvain, Maureen A ^a   Sakharkar, Amul J ^a   You, Chang ^a   Pandey, Subhash C ^a   Brodie, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol withdrawal; dopamine neurons; GABA; HDAC inhibitors; histone acetylation; VTA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; ALCOHOL; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; TRICHOSTATIN A; VORINOSTAT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HISTONES; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MICE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84880331307     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.65     Document Type: Article

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