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    Brain Res. 1992 Feb 7;571(2):342-4.

    Ethanol inhibition of N-methyl-D-aspartate-activated ion current in rat hippocampal neurons is not competitive with glycine.

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    Section of Electrophysiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD 20852.

    Abstract

    The interaction of ethanol with glycine at the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-activated ion channel was investigated in voltage-clamped rat cultured hippocampal neurons. As shown previously, glycine increased, and ethanol inhibited, the NMDA-activated current in these cells. Concentration-response data for glycine (0.1-100 microM) indicate that the inhibition of NMDA-activated current by ethanol does not involve a competitive interaction with glycine. Thus, ethanol appears to inhibit NMDA-activated current at a locus different from the glycine modulatory site.

    PMID:
    1377089
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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