Plasticity of GABAA receptor-mediated neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens of alcohol-dependent rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-50

  Liang, Jing ^a,b   Kerstin Lindemeyer, A ^b   Suryanarayanan, Asha ^a   Meyer, Edward M ^a   Marty, Vincent N ^a   Omar Ahmad, S ^c   Shao, Xuesi Max ^b   Olsen, Richard W ^b   Spigelman, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Neuroadaptation; Tonic current; Ventral striatum; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; PICROTOXIN; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HISTOGRAM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RAT; STEREOMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84903598020     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00565.2013     Document Type: Article

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