Two Binges of Ethanol a Day Keep the Memory Away in Adolescent Rats: Key Role for GLUN2B Subunit
Author(s) -
Benoît Silvestre de Ferron,
Khaled-Ezaheir Bennouar,
Myriam Kervern,
Stéphanie AlauxCantin,
Alexandre Robert,
Kevin Rabiant,
Johann Antol,
Mickaël Naassïla,
Olivier Pierrefiche
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1469-5111
pISSN - 1461-1457
DOI - 10.1093/ijnp/pyv087
Subject(s) - long term potentiation , neuroscience , synaptic plasticity , protein subunit , psychology , hippocampus , depression (economics) , medicine , biology , biochemistry , receptor , macroeconomics , economics , gene
Binge drinking is common in adolescents, but the impact of only a few binges on learning and memory appears underestimated. Many studies have tested the effects of long and intermittent ethanol exposure on long-term synaptic potentiation, and whether long-term synaptic depression is affected remains unknown.
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