Hampered long-term depression and thin spine loss in the nucleus accumbens of ethanol-dependent rats

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 35, 2014, Pages

  Spiga, Saturnino ^a   Talani, Giuseppe ^b   Mulas, Giovanna ^a,c   Licheri, Valentina ^a   Fois, Giulia R ^d   Muggironi, Giulia ^d   Masala, Nicola ^a   Cannizzaro, Carla ^c   Biggio, Giovanni ^a,b   Sanna, Enrico ^a,b   Diana, Marco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Glutamate; Golgi; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE; GOLGI; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ETHANOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84907228219     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406768111     Document Type: Article

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