Where does alcohol act in the brain?

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Crabbe, J C ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030986987     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000229     Document Type: Short Survey

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