The renaissance of acetaldehyde as a psychoactive compound: Decades in the making

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Correa, Mercè ^a   Acquas, Elio ^b   Salamone, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Addiction; Catalase; Dopamine; Drug abuse; Ethanol; Opioids; Salsolinol

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; DOPAMINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SALSOLINOL;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONJUGATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL;

EID: 84904650661     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00249     Document Type: Editorial

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