Alcohol's actions on neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Davis, Tiffany J ^a   De Fiebre, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) sensitivity; Alcohol and tobacco; Alcoholism; Brain; Cigarette smoking; Cross tolerance; Genetic factors; Genetic polymorphism; Laboratory mice; Laboratory rat; Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Nicotine dependence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33847666444     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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