Ethanol as a Prodrug: Brain Metabolism of Ethanol Mediates its Reinforcing Effects

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 606-612

  Karahanian, Eduardo ^a   Quintanilla, María Elena ^b   Tampier, Lutske ^b   Rivera Meza, Mario ^b   Bustamante, Diego ^b   Gonzalez Lira, Víctor ^b   Morales, Paola ^b   Herrera Marschitz, Mario ^b,c   Israel, Yedy ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcoholism; Brain Catalase; Lentiviral Vector; Microdialysis; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CATALASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOPAMINE; GENOMIC DNA; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PLASMID DNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; WATER;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNTHESIS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATALASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; PRODRUGS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

RATTUS;

EID: 79953044436     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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