Neuroadaptations in Adenosine Receptor Signaling Following Long-Term Ethanol Exposure and Withdrawal

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-13

  Butler, Tracy R ^a   Prendergast, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

A 1 Receptor; A 2A Receptor; Caffeine; Ethanol Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

2 [4 (2 CARBOXYETHYL)PHENETHYLAMINO]ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); 2 CHLORO 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; 2 CHLOROADENOSINE; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; 8 CYCLOPENTYLTHEOPHYLLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR AGONIST; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; MSX 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENYLISOPROPYLADENOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADENOSINE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855327990     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01586.x     Document Type: Review

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