Implications of the NR2B subunit-containing NMDA receptor localized in mouse limbic forebrain in ethanol dependence - PubMed (original) (raw)

Implications of the NR2B subunit-containing NMDA receptor localized in mouse limbic forebrain in ethanol dependence

M Narita et al. Eur J Pharmacol. 2000.

Abstract

The present study was designed to further investigate the direct involvement of the NR2B-containing NMDA receptor in ethanol dependence. Using the liquid diet method, mice were chronically treated with skimmed milk containing 5% ethanol for 5 days. After the discontinuation of ethanol, mice revealed tremor, handling-elicited convulsion and death. Treatment with a selective NR2B-containing NMDA receptor antagonist, ifenprodil, significantly suppressed the expression of ethanol withdrawal signs. The protein level of NR2B subunits in the limbic forebrain, but not the cerebral cortex, during chronic ethanol treatment was markedly increased with respect to the levels in control mice. The significant up-regulation of NR2B subunits lasted for at least 9 h after the discontinuation of ethanol and returned to the basal level by 48 h after the withdrawal. These findings suggest that the up-regulation of NR2B subunits during chronic ethanol exposure may be implicated in the initial development of physical dependence on ethanol.

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