The alcohol withdrawal 'kindling' phenomenon: Clinical and experimental findings

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Becker, Howard C ^a   Littleton, John M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KINDLING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029852630     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01760.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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