Alcohol addiction (alcoholism) and the opioid system

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-34

  Terenius, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Dopamine; Naltrexone; Opioids

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030027402     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(95)02037-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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