Neurocircuitry involved in the development of alcohol addiction: The dopamine system and its access points

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages 127-161

  Söderpalm, Bo ^a,b   Ericson, Mia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Ghrelin; Ligand gated ion channels; Opiate receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTOR; DISULFIRAM; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE NET; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER;

EID: 84868645057     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_170     Document Type: Article

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