GABA-A and NMDA receptor expression is altered in the caudate but not the putamen of the postmortem brains of alcoholics.

GABA-A and NMDA receptor expression is altered in the caudate but not the putamen of the postmortem brains of alcoholics.

Chronic consumption of alcohol by humans has been shown to lead to impairment of executive and cognitive functions. Here we have studied the changes that take place in the dorsal striatum in post-mortem brains of alcoholics and normal controls. The results show a significant change in the expressio...

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Main Authors: Amol K Bhandage, Zhe eJin, Igor eBazov, Olga eKononenko, Georgy eBakalkin, Esa R Korpi, Bryndis eBirnir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
excitation
GABA
inhibition
AMPA
glutamate receptor
inhibitory
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00415/full

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