The role of acetaldehyde in the central effects of ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-234

  Quertemont, Etienne ^a   Grant, Kathleen A ^b   Correa, Mercè ^c,d   Arizzi, Maria N ^c   Salamone, John D ^c   Tambour, Sophie ^a   Aragon, Carlos M G ^d   McBride, William J ^e   Rodd, Zachary A ^e   Goldstein, Avram ^f   Zaffaroni, Alejandro ^g   Li, Ting Kai ^h   Pisano, Milena ⁱ   Diana, Marco ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Technofyn Associates   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Brain; Catalase; Dopamine; Ethanol; Self administration

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CATALASE; DISULFIRAM; DOPAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PENICILLAMINE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY DISORDER; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACETALDEHYDE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ETHANOL; HUMANS;

EID: 13844262642     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000156185.39073.D2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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