Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) levels and alcohol

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Ehlers, Cindy L ^a   Somes, Christine ^a   Li, Ting Kai ^b   Lumeng, Lawrence ^b   Hwang, Bang H ^b   Jimenez, Patricia ^c   Mathé, Aleksander A ^c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol preferring rats; Alcoholism; Amygdala; Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP); Chronic ethanol exposure; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000715141     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145799001558     Document Type: Article

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