Neurochemical and neurostructural plasticity in alcoholism

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 494-504

  Gass, Justin T ^a   Olive, M Foster ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; cerebral atrophy; dendritic spine; neural plasticity; neurochemistry; neurodegeneration; neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; DOPAMINE; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LY 686017; NALTREXONE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OREXIN; OREXIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL LABELING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863978002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn300013p     Document Type: Article

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