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Abstract
One of the major targets for ethanol (alcohol) in the brain is the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, a glutamate-gated ion channel. Intriguingly, the effects of ethanol on the NMDA receptor are not homogeneous throughout the brain. This review focuses on recent studies revealing molecular mechanisms that mediate the actions of ethanol on the NMDA receptor in different brain regions via changes in NMDA receptor phosphorylation and compartmentalization. Specifically, the role of the scaffolding protein RACK1 and the regulatory protein DARPP-32 in mediating the distinct effects of ethanol is presented.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15271260 PMCID: PMC1361309 DOI: 10.1177/1073858404263516
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroscientist ISSN: 1073-8584 Impact factor: 7.519