Enduring effects of chronic ethanol in the CNS: Basis for alcoholism

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 354-361

  Diana, Marco ^a   Brodie, Mark ^b   Muntoni, Annalisa ^c   Puddu, Maria C ^d   Pillolla, Giullano ^e   Steffensen, Scott ^f   Spiga, Saturnino ^f   Little, Hilary J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Department of Animal Biology ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Dopamine; Ventral Tegmentum; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR;

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN SLICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0037328999     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000057121.36127.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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