Role of the subunit composition of central nicotinic acetylcholine receptors for the stimulatory and dopamine-enhancing effects of ethanol

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 486-493

  Jerlhag, Elisabet ^a   Grøtli, Morten ^a   Luthman, Kristina ^a   Svensson, Lennart ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA CONOTOXIN MII; ALPHA CONOTOXIN PIA; CONOTOXIN; DOPAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONOTOXINS; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REWARD;

EID: 33748803585     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl049     Document Type: Article

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