2010
Decreased Beta2*‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability after chronic ethanol exposure in nonhuman primates
Cosgrove KP, Kloczynski T, Bois F, Pittman B, Tamagnan G, Seibyl JP, Krystal JH, Staley JK. Decreased Beta2*‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability after chronic ethanol exposure in nonhuman primates. Synapse 2010, 64: 729-732. PMID: 20340174, PMCID: PMC2904861, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic ethanol consumptionEthanol consumptionAlcohol consumptionNicotinic acetylcholine receptor availabilityAverage daily ethanol consumptionChronic ethanol exposureDaily ethanol consumptionEthanol-induced changesNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsSelf-administer ethanolIA-85380H withdrawalEthanol exposureReceptor availabilityAcetylcholine receptorsParietal cortexMale animalsTotal gramsBaselinePercent decreasePersistent changesWithdrawalMidbrainCortexAnimals
2007
Absence of Significant Interactive Effects of High‐Dose d‐Cycloserine and Ethanol in Healthy Human Subjects: Preliminary Insights Into Ethanol Actions at the GlycineB Site of NMDA Glutamate Receptors
Trevisan L, Petrakis IL, Pittman B, Gueorguieva R, D’Souza D, Perry E, Limoncelli D, Krystal JH. Absence of Significant Interactive Effects of High‐Dose d‐Cycloserine and Ethanol in Healthy Human Subjects: Preliminary Insights Into Ethanol Actions at the GlycineB Site of NMDA Glutamate Receptors. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2007, 32: 36-42. PMID: 18028532, DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00543.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCo-agonist siteHealthy human subjectsEthanol administrationD-cycloserineHigh-dose d-cycloserineAlcohol levelsReceptor functionPlacebo 4 hoursDouble-blind conditionsNMDA receptor functionNMDA glutamate receptorsMild sedative effectDoses of ethanolGlutamate receptor functionBreath alcohol levelsHuman subjectsVerbal fluencyGlycineB siteGroups of subjectsEthanol antagonismCombination of ethanolSedative effectsNMDA receptorsClinical significanceGlutamate receptors