Long-term ethanol and corticosterone co-exposure sensitize the hippocampal ca1 region pyramidal cells to insult during ethanol withdrawal in an NMDA GluN2B subunit-dependent manner.
| Title | Long-term ethanol and corticosterone co-exposure sensitize the hippocampal ca1 region pyramidal cells to insult during ethanol withdrawal in an NMDA GluN2B subunit-dependent manner. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Journal | Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pagination | 2066-73 |
| ISSN | 0145-6008 |
| Abstract | Chronic ethanol (EtOH) exposure produces neuroadaptations in NMDA receptor function and/or abundance and alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functioning that contribute to neuronal excitation and neurotoxicity during ethanol withdrawal (EWD). Both EtOH and corticosterone (CORT) promote synthesis of polyamines, which allosterically potentiate NMDA receptor function at the GluN2B subunit. The current studies investigated the effect of 10-day EtOH and CORT co-exposure on toxicity during EWD in rat hippocampal explants and hypothesized that alterations in function and/or density of GluN2B subunits contribute to the toxicity. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12195 |
| DOI | 10.1111/acer.12195 |
| Short Title | Alcohol Clin Exp Res |
