Consequences of alcohol consumption on neurotransmitters - An overview

Current Neurovascular Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Mukherjee, Sukhes ^a   Das, Subir Kumar ^b   Vaidyanathan, Kannan ^a   Vasudevan, D M ^a  

^a Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University   (India)

^b Agartala Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol; GABA; Glutamate; Glycine; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; FRONTAL LOBE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LETHARGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

EID: 56449103479     PISSN: 15672026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720208786413415     Document Type: Review

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