Acetaldehyde mediates alcohol activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2824-2833

  Melis, M ^a   Enrico, P ^b   Peana, A T ^b   Diana, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcoholism; Conditioned place preference; Electrophysiology; Microdialysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; CATALASE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MEDIATOR; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 36148982668     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05887.x     Document Type: Article

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