Responses of midbrain dorsal raphe neurons to ethanol studied in brainstem slices

  • Nai Shin Chu*
  • , Larry Keenan
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effects of ethanol on midbrain dorsal raphe (DR) neurons were studied using the brainstem slice preparations. Ethanol in low doses (100 mg% and 200 mg%) exerted more excitation than inhibition on DR cells. Higher doses of ethanol produced inhibition in the majority of DR neurons. The present data indicate that the effects of ethanol were biphasic with low concentrations tending to excite and high concentrations to inhibit DR neurons.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)373-374
Number of pages2
JournalAlcohol
Volume4
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Brain slice
  • Dorsal raphe neurons
  • Ethanol

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