Ethanol as a Prodrug: Brain Metabolism of Ethanol Mediates Its Reinforcing Effects - A Commentary

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-583

  Deitrich, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcoholism; Brain Catalase; Lentiviral; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CATALASE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PYRAZOLE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATALASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

LENTIVIRUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79953036653     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01454.x     Document Type: Article

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