A critical role for the cannabinoid CB1 receptors in alcohol dependence and stress-stimulated ethanol drinking

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2453-2458

  Racz, Ildiko ^a   Bilkei Gorzo, Andras ^a   Toth, Zsuzsanna E ^b   Michel, Kerstin ^a   Palkovits, Miklós ^b   Zimmer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cannabinoid; Ethanol; Mice; Mutation; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SHOCK; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037444462     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-02453.2003     Document Type: Article

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