Neuroimaging insights into the role of cortical GABA systems and the influence of nicotine on the recovery from alcohol dependence

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1318-1325

  Cosgrove, Kelly P ^a   Esterlis, Irina ^a   Mason, Graeme F ^a   Bois, Frederic ^a   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^a   Krystal, John H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Brain imaging; GABA; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; NICOTINE; NICOTINE PATCH; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VARENICLINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; APOENZYME; FLUMAZENIL C 11; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; HOLOENZYME; IOMAZENIL I 123; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2 AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HOMEOSTASIS AND REGULATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOKING CESSATION;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SMOKING;

EID: 79954597538     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.01.020     Document Type: Review

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