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Society for Neuroscience
The Journal of Neuroscience (393)
Abstract

Anatomical and functional data support a critical role for the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) in the interaction between stress and alcohol/substance abuse. We report here that neurons of the dorsal anterolateral BNST respond to glutamatergic synaptic input in a synchronized way, such that an interpretable extracellular synaptic field potential can be readily measured. High-frequency stimulation of these glutamatergic inputs evoked NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP). We found that an early portion of this LTP is reduced by acute exposure to ethanol in a GABAAreceptor-dependent manner. This effect of ethanol is accompanied by a significant and reversible dose-dependent attenuation of isolated NMDAR signaling and is mimicked by incomplete NMDAR blockade.

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Weitlauf, C., Egli, R. E., Grueter, B. A., & Winder, D. G. (2004). High-Frequency Stimulation Induces Ethanol-Sensitive Long-Term Potentiation at Glutamatergic Synapses in the Dorsolateral Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis. The Journal of Neuroscience, 24(25), 5741–5747.

Authors 4
  1. Carl Weitlauf (first)
  2. Regula E. Egli (additional)
  3. Brad A. Grueter (additional)
  4. Danny G. Winder (additional)
Dates
Type When
Created 21 years, 2 months ago (June 23, 2004, 2:38 p.m.)
Deposited 2 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2023, 12:11 p.m.)
Indexed 4 weeks ago (Aug. 5, 2025, 8:50 a.m.)
Issued 21 years, 2 months ago (June 23, 2004)
Published 21 years, 2 months ago (June 23, 2004)
Published Online 21 years, 2 months ago (June 23, 2004)
Published Print 21 years, 2 months ago (June 23, 2004)
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@article{Weitlauf_2004, title={High-Frequency Stimulation Induces Ethanol-Sensitive Long-Term Potentiation at Glutamatergic Synapses in the Dorsolateral Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis}, volume={24}, ISSN={1529-2401}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1181-04.2004}, DOI={10.1523/jneurosci.1181-04.2004}, number={25}, journal={The Journal of Neuroscience}, publisher={Society for Neuroscience}, author={Weitlauf, Carl and Egli, Regula E. and Grueter, Brad A. and Winder, Danny G.}, year={2004}, month=jun, pages={5741–5747} }