Alcohol pathophysiology: Circuits and molecular mechanisms

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-230

  Tomberg, Claude ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol addiction; Alcohol withdrawal; Hippocampal theta rhythm; Long term neuronal adaptive changes; Molecularmechanisms of alcohol actions

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; DOPAMINE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL LOSS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIZZINESS; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FLUSHING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 79751476459     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000035     Document Type: Article

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