title: Effect of chronic ethanol consumption on human and animal receptor plasticity during aging.
abstract: Ethanol alters equilibrium between neurotransmitter availability, receptor systems and biological responsiveness. This action may contribute to the accelerating effects of ethanol on the aging process. On this line, the interaction between age and ethanol consumption was studied at laboratory and clinical levels.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000187:drug effects*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects*; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000187:drug effects; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine