The dopamine system and alcohol dependence

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 61-68

  Ma, Hui ^a,b   Zhu, Gang ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Dopamine; Neurobiochemistry; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930474849     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2014.02     Document Type: Review

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