title: Neuroadaptive responses to chronic ethanol.
abstract: Cellular responses of neuronal tissue to chronic ethanol exposure are reviewed. Evidence for adaptive responses to the acute actions of ethanol is available for five systems: GABA-activated chloride channels, voltage-sensitive calcium channels, NMDA-activated cation channels, receptors coupled through stimulatory guanine nucleotide binding proteins, and membrane lipid order. We suggest that at least some of these adaptive responses occur because of ethanol actions at the level of gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Buck
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004361:Drug Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A