Individual and combined effects of ethanol and cocaine on intracellular signals and gene expression

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 561-596

  Torres, German ^a   Horowitz, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaethylene; Dopamine; Gene expression; Glutamate; Human; Intracellular messengers; Neuropeptides; Phosphoproteins; Rat; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIZOCILPINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NIFEDIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030152876     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(96)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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