The Drunken' Synapse: Studies of Alcohol-Related Disorders

ISBN-13: 9780306461118 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 219 str.

Yuan Liu; Walter A. Hunt; Liu Yuan Liu

Opis

This volume is divided into three sections, synaptic transmission, synaptic modulation, and synaptic plasticity, and deals with disorders brought on by alcohol. Some of the topics covered include: molecular targets underlying ethanol-mediated reduction of hormone release from neurohypophysial nerve terminals; alcohol and general anesthetic modulation of GABAA and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; alcohol and the 5-HT3 receptor, adenosine and ethanol; metabotropic hypothesis for ethanol sensitivity of GABAergic and glutamatergic central synapses; alcohol, memory, and molecules; novel forms and analyses of ethanol effects on synaptic plasticity; and ethanol suppression of hippocampal plasticity.

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List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Overview of the Symposium; W.A. Hunt, Yuan Liu. 2. A Perspective on the Synapse; G.M. Shepherd. Section I: Synaptic Transmission. 3. Molecular Targets Underlying Ethanol-Mediated Reduction of Hormone Release From Neurohypophysial Nerve Terminals; S.N. Treistman, et al. 4. Alcohol and General Anesthetic Modulation of GABA A and Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors; T. Narahashi, et al. 5. Alcohol and the 5-HT 3 Receptor; D.M. Lovinger, Qing Zhou. 6. Questions and Answers of Session I - Synaptic Transmission; Yuan Liu, W.A. Hunt. (eds.) Section II: Synaptic Modulation. 7. Depolarization-Induced Suppression of Inhibition (DSI) Involves a Retrograde Signaling Process that Regulates GABA A -Mediated Synaptic Responses in Mammalian CNS; B.A. Alger. 8. Native GABA A Receptors Get `Drunk' but not Their Recombinant Counterparts; H.H. Yeh, D.W. Sapp. 9. Adenosine and Ethanol: Is There a Caffeine Connection in the Actions of Ethanol? T.V. Dunwiddie. 10. A Metabotropic Hypothesis for Ethanol Sensitivity of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Central Synapses; G.R. Siggins, et al. 11. Questions and Answers of Session II - Synaptic Modulation; Yuan Liu, W.A. Hunt. (eds.) Section III: Synaptic Plasticity. 12. Alcohol, Memory and Molecules; M. Browning, et al. 13. Of Mice and Minis: Novel Forms and Analyses of Ethanol Effects on Synaptic Plasticity; R.A. Morrisett, M.P. Thomas. 14. Ethanol Suppression of Hippocampal Plasticity: Role of Subcortical Inputs; S.C. Steffensen. 15. Questions and Answers of Session III &endash; Synaptic Plasticity; Yuan Liu, W.A. Hunt. (eds.)