title: [Effect of ethanol on synaptosomal membrane potential in the rat brain].
abstract: The membrane potential of rat brain synaptosomes was depolarized by ethanol at concentrations of over 0.8-1.6%. This ethanol-induced depolarization was augmented by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) or the gluconate- -medium, but not affected by tetrodotoxin, choline-Cl, NH4Cl, picrotoxin, ethacrynic acid, furosemide or SCN- -medium. The ethanol-induced depolarization was augmented by 4-AP in Cl- - or gluconate- -medium, but not in SCN- -medium. These findings suggest that ethanol depolarizes the synaptosomal membrane potential through potassium and anion-related mechanisms, probably through potassium channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Oda-Kurio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Inagaki
mesh_terms: D015761:4-Aminopyridine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D000431:Ethanol; D015761:4-Aminopyridine