Biochemical actions of chronic ethanol exposure in the mesolimbic dopamine system
Ortiz J, Fitzgerald L, Charlton M, Lane S, Trevisan L, Guitart X, Shoemaker W, Duman R, Nestler E. Biochemical actions of chronic ethanol exposure in the mesolimbic dopamine system. Synapse 1995, 21: 289-298. PMID: 8869159, DOI: 10.1002/syn.890210403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral tegmental areaChronic ethanol exposure resultsMesolimbic dopamine systemChronic ethanol treatmentEthanol exposure resultsAction of ethanolDopamine systemEthanol exposureNucleus accumbensGlutamate receptorsProtein immunoreactivityTyrosine hydroxylaseNeural pathwaysGlial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivityEthanol treatmentLong-term ethanol exposureNigrostriatal dopamine systemChronic ethanol exposureExposure resultsNMDA glutamate receptorsTyrosine hydroxylase expressionAMPA glutamate receptorsGABAA receptor complexLevels of immunoreactivityNeurofilament protein immunoreactivity