Alcohol
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 3-16 , February 2012

An in vitro model for studying the effects of continuous ethanol exposure on N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor function

  • Vikas Nath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Jason C. Reneau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Janet S. Dertien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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  • Rajiv G. Agrawal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Ian Guerra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Yaminiben Bhakta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Kafayat Busari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Mary Kate Neumann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Susan E. Bergeson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • R. Lisa Popp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601-4th Street, STOP 6592, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA. Tel.: +1-806-743-2425, ext. 272; fax: +1-806-743-2744.

Received 9 February 2011 ,Revised 7 August 2011 ,Accepted 11 August 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.08.003

Alcohol
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