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“ Ethanol also changed the shape of the spontaneous action potential in VTA neurons, reducing the amplitude of the spike after-hyperpolarization (in 74% of neurons) and also reducing the amplitude of the depolarizing phase of the action potential (in 86% of neurons tested).”
European journal of clinical investigation • 1995 | View Paper
“Although there was no change in the total [Ca2+]i signal, ethanol (25-200 mM) dose-dependently inhibited the potentiation effects of depolarizing concentrations of K+ and BayK 8644 on the isoproterenol-stimulated cGMP, but not the cAMP, response.”
“It has also been shown that ethanol potentiates the reversible, depolarizing effect of blue light on the transepithelial potential (TEP) of the isolated RPE.”
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research • 1990 | View Paper
“It was concluded that ethanol modifies neurotransmission in the rat vas deferens preparation, by reducing the contractions produced by field stimulation and by depolarizing agents.”
“In contrast, only higher ethanol concentrations (0.8 to 1.1%, w/v) blocked the increase in DA formation induced by high K + depolarizing concentrations (40 and 55 mM).”