This volume is divided into three sections, synaptic transmission, synaptic modulation and synaptic plasticity, and deals with disorders brought on by alcohol. Topics include molecular targets underlying ethanol-mediated reduction of hormone release from neurohypophysial nerve terminals.

This volume is divided into three sections, synaptic transmission, synaptic modulation, and synaptic plasticity, and deals with disorders brought on by alcohol. Some of the topics covered include: molecular targets underlying ethanol-mediated reduction of hormone release from neurohypophysial nerve terminals; alcohol and general anesthetic modulation of GABAA and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; alcohol and the 5-HT3 receptor, adenosine and ethanol; metabotropic hypothesis for ethanol sensitivity of GABAergic and glutamatergic central synapses; alcohol, memory, and molecules; novel forms and analyses of ethanol effects on synaptic plasticity; and ethanol suppression of hippocampal plasticity.

List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Overview of the Symposium
W.A. Hunt, Yuan Liu. 2. A Perspective on the Synapse
G.M. Shepherd. Section I: Synaptic Transmission. 3. Molecular Targets Underlying Ethanol-Mediated Reduction of Hormone Release From Neurohypophysial Nerve Terminals
S.N. Treistman, et al. 4. Alcohol and General Anesthetic Modulation of GABAA and Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
T. Narahashi, et al. 5. Alcohol and the 5-HT3 Receptor
D.M. Lovinger, Qing Zhou. 6. Questions and Answers of Session I -- Synaptic Transmission
Yuan Liu, W.A. Hunt. (eds.) Section II: Synaptic Modulation. 7. Depolarization-Induced Suppression of Inhibition (DSI) Involves a Retrograde Signaling Process that Regulates GABAA-Mediated Synaptic Responses in Mammalian CNS
B.A. Alger. 8. Native GABAA Receptors Get `Drunk' but not Their Recombinant Counterparts
H.H. Yeh, D.W. Sapp. 9. Adenosine and Ethanol: Is There a Caffeine Connection in the Actions of Ethanol? T.V. Dunwiddie. 10. A Metabotropic Hypothesis for Ethanol Sensitivity of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Central Synapses
G.R. Siggins, et al. 11. Questions and Answers of Session II - Synaptic Modulation
Yuan Liu, W.A. Hunt. (eds.) Section III: Synaptic Plasticity. 12. Alcohol, Memory and Molecules
M. Browning, et al. 13. Of Mice and Minis: Novel Forms and Analyses of Ethanol Effects on Synaptic Plasticity
R.A. Morrisett, M.P. Thomas. 14. Ethanol Suppression of Hippocampal Plasticity: Role of Subcortical Inputs
S.C. Steffensen. 15. Questions and Answers of Session III -- Synaptic Plasticity
Yuan Liu, W.A. Hunt. (eds.)