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ReviewNeuropharmacology2011

Ethanol modulation of synaptic plasticity.

Brian A McCool

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Review in Neuropharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Brian A McCoolDepartment of Physiology & Pharmacology and the Translational Center for the Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC 27157, USA. bmccool@wfubmc.edu

Funding

The Ethanol - Anxiety Interaction: Cellular MechanismsR01AA014445 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MCCOOL, BRIAN A · 2004 to 2023
$5.2M
Translational Centerfor the Neurobehaviral Study of AlcoholP01AA017056 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WEINER, JEFFREY L. · 2008 to 2012
$2.0M
NIAAA NIH HHS P01 AA017056NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA014445
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic plasticity in the most general terms represents the flexibility of neurotransmission in response to neuronal activity. Synaptic plasticity is essential both for the moment-by-moment modulation of neural activity in response to dynamic environmental cues and for long-term learning and memory formation. These temporal characteristics are served by an array of pre- and post-synaptic mechanisms that are frequently modulated by ethanol exposure. This modulation likely makes significant contributions to both alcohol abuse and dependence. In this review, I discuss the modulation of both short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity in the context of specific ethanol-sensitive cellular substrates. A general discussion of the available preclinical, animal-model based neurophysiology literature provides a comparison between results from in vitro and in vivo studies. Finally, in the context of alcohol abuse and dependence, the review proposes potential behavioral contributions by ethanol modulation of plasticity.

Indexed as

Alcohol DrinkingAlcoholismAnimalsBehavior, AddictiveBrainEthanolHumansNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeEthanol

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PMID21195719
PMCPMC3149748

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