Implication of the endogenous opioid system in excessive ethanol consumption

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Gianoulakis, Christina ^a,b   De Waele, Jean Pascal ^a   Thavundayil, Joseph ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Endorphins; Enkephalins; Genetics of alcoholism; Naltrexone

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030042519     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(95)02035-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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