The Opioid Peptides Enkephalin and β-Endorphin in Alcohol Dependence

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 989-997

  Racz, Ildiko ^a   Schürmann, Britta ^a   Karpushova, Anna ^a   Reuter, Martin ^a   Cichon, Sven ^a   Montag, Christian ^a   Fürst, Robert ^a   Schütz, Christian ^a   Franke, Petra E ^a,c   Strohmaier, Jana ^b   Wienker, Thomas F ^a   Terenius, Lars ^d   Ösby, Urban ^d   Gunnar, Agneta ^d   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Bilkei Gorzó, Andras ^a   Nöthen, Markus ^a   Zimmer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

endorphin; Addiction; alcohol; case control studies; enkephalin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ENDORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 55349147669     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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