Laboratory models of alcoholism: Treatment target identification and insight into mechanisms

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1471-1480

  Lovinger, David M ^a   Crabbe, John C ^a,b  

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

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 27644564011     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1581     Document Type: Review

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