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ReviewInternational review of neurobiology2010

Glutamate plasticity in the drunken amygdala: the making of an anxious synapse.

Brian A McCool, Daniel T Christian, Marvin R Diaz, Anna K Läck

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Review in International review of neurobiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian A McCoolDepartment of Physiology & Pharmcology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Daniel T Christian
Marvin R Diaz
Anna K Läck
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGY OF ALCOHOLISMT32AA007565 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BRIAN A MCCOOL · 1994 to 2026
$10.1M
The Ethanol - Anxiety Interaction: Cellular MechanismsR01AA014445 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MCCOOL, BRIAN A · 2004 to 2023
$5.2M
GENETIC VULNERABILITY TO DRUGS OF ABUSER01DA005228 · NIDA · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI BUCK, KARI J · 1989 to 2015
$4.6M
Translational Centerfor the Neurobehaviral Study of AlcoholP01AA017056 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WEINER, JEFFREY L. · 2008 to 2012
$2.0M
Effects of chronic ethanol withdrawal on the amygdalaF31AA016442 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LACK, ANNA K · 2006 to 2007
$49k
Chronic Alcohol and Withdrawal on Dopamine and GABA in the basolateral amygdalaF31AA017576 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DIAZ, MARVIN RAFAEL · 2008 to 2009
$43k
NIAAA NIH HHS F31 AA016442NIAAA NIH HHS F31 AA017576NIAAA NIH HHS P01 AA017056NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA014445NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007565NIDA NIH HHS DA05228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasticity at glutamatergic synapses is believed to be the cellular correlate of learning and memory. Classic fear conditioning, for example, is dependent upon NMDA-type glutamate receptor activation in the lateral/basolateral amygdala followed by increased synaptic expression of AMPA-type glutamate receptors. This review provides an extensive comparison between the initiation and expression of glutamatergic plasticity during learning/memory and glutamatergic alterations associated with chronic ethanol exposure and withdrawal. The parallels between these neuro-adaptive processes suggest that long-term ethanol exposure might "chemically condition" amygdala-dependent fear/anxiety via the increased function of pre- and post-synaptic glutamate signaling.

Indexed as

AmygdalaAlcoholismAnimalsEthanolGlutamic AcidHumansNeuronal PlasticityReceptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynapsesEthanolGlutamic AcidReceptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

Identifiers

PMID20813244
PMCPMC3032604
OpenAlexW1547568333

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