Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Common molecular substrates of nicotine and alcohol dependence

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Hendrickson, Linzy M ^a   Guildford, Melissa J ^a   Tapper, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alcoholism; Mesolimbic dopamine system; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ALPHA CONOTOXIN MII; CATION CHANNEL; CP 601932; CYTISINE; DOPAMINE; LOBELINE; MECAMYLAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PF 4575180; SAZETIDINE A; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARENICLINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; CHANNEL GATING; DISEASE MODEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; REWARD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84877699097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00029     Document Type: Review

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