Ethanol as a neurochemical surrogate of conventional reinforcers: The dopamine-opioid link

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-17

  Di Chiara, Gaetano ^a,b   Acquas, Elio ^a   Tanda, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Tossicologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIPID BILAYER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUPHORIA;

EID: 0030028036     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(95)02034-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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