Chronic ethanol treatment leads to increased ornithine decarboxylase activity: Implications for a role of polyamines in ethanol dependence and withdrawal

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1205-1211

  Davidson, Mark ^a   Wilce, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ethanol Withdrawal; NMDA; Ornithine Decarboxylase; Polyamine

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0031659624     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03900.x     Document Type: Article

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