Alcohol abuse promotes changes in non-synaptic epileptiform activity with concomitant expression changes in cotransporters and glial cells.

Non-synaptic mechanisms are being considered the common factor of brain damage in status epilepticus and alcohol intoxication. The present work reports the influence of the chronic use of ethanol on epileptic processes sustained by non-synaptic mechanisms. Adult male Wistar rats administered with et...

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Main Authors: Luiz Eduardo Canton Santos, Gilcélio Amaral da Silveira, Victor Diego Cupertino Costa, Aline Gisele Batista, Ana Paula Madureira, Antônio Márcio Rodrigues, Carla Alessandra Scorza, Henrique Alves Amorim, Ricardo Mário Arida, Mario Antônio Duarte, Fúlvio Alexandre Scorza, Esper Abrão Cavalheiro, Antônio-Carlos Guimarães de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24236060/pdf/?tool=EBI