Changes in plasma noradrenaline and serotonin levels and craving during alcohol withdrawal

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 224-231

  Patkar A , Ashwin ^c   Gopalakrishnan, Raman ^c   Naik, Prakash C ^a   Murray, Heather W ^c   Vergare, Michael J ^c   Marsden, Charles A ^b  

^a Lyndon Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; MULTIVITAMIN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038633564     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg055     Document Type: Article

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