Ethanol upregulates NMDA receptor subunit gene expression in human embryonic stem cell-derived cortical neurons.

Chronic alcohol consumption may result in sustained gene expression alterations in the brain, leading to alcohol abuse or dependence. Because of ethical concerns of using live human brain cells in research, this hypothesis cannot be tested directly in live human brains. In the present study, we used...

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Main Authors: Yangfei Xiang, Kun-Yong Kim, Joel Gelernter, In-Hyun Park, Huiping Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4534442?pdf=render