Neurobiological processes in alcohol addiction.
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were A. D. Lê and K. Kiianmaa. The presentations were (1) Alcohol reward and aversion, by C. L. Cunningham; (2) The role of sensitization of neuronal mechanisms in ethanol self-administration, by J. A. Engel, M. Ericson, and B. Söderpalm; (3) Alcohol self-administration in dependent animals: Neurobiological mechanisms, by G. F. Koob, A. J. Roberts, and F. Weiss; (4) Stress and relapse to alcohol, by A. D. Lê; (5) Alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA rats differ in locomotor activation induced by repeated morphine injections, by P. Hyytiä, S. Janhunen, J. Mikkola, P. Bäckström, and K. Kiianmaa; and (6) Initial sensitivity and acute functional tolerance to the hypnotic effects of ethanol in mice genetically selected for mild and severe ethanol withdrawal convulsions, by I. Ponomarev and J. C. Crabbe.
Lê
A D
AD
Department of Neurosciences, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kiianmaa
K
K
Cunningham
C L
CL
Engel
J A
JA
Ericson
M
M
Söderpalm
B
B
Koob
G F
GF
Roberts
A J
AJ
Weiss
F
F
Hyytiä
P
P
Janhunen
S
S
Mikkola
J
J
Bäckström
P
P
Ponomarev
I
I
Crabbe
J C
JC
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010641:Phenotype; D051381:Rats; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018079:Receptors, GABA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012201:Reward; D012646:Self Administration; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D018079:Receptors, GABA; D000431:Ethanol; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone