title: Mechanisms of alcohol-nicotine interactions: alcoholics versus smokers.
abstract: This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were Toshio Narahashi and Bo Söderpalm. The presentations were (1) Nicotinic mechanisms and ethanol reinforcement: Behavioral and neurochemical studies, by Bo Söderpalm, M. Ericson, P. Olausson, and J. A. Engel; (2) Chronic nicotine and ethanol: Differential regulation in gene expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits, by X. Zhang and A. Nordberg; (3) Nicotine-ethanol interactions at neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, by Toshio Narahashi, William Marszalec, and Gary L. Aistrup; (4) Relapse prevention in alcoholics by cigarette smoking? Treatment outcome in an observational study with acamprosate, by L.G. Schmidt, U. Kalouti, M. Smolka, and M. Soyka; and (5) Effect of nicotine on voluntary ethanol intake and development of alcohol dependence in male rats, by L. Hedlund and G. Wahlström.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008, USA. tna597@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Narahashi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Söderpalm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ericson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Olausson
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nordberg
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Marszalec
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Aistrup
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kalouti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smolka And
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hedlund
mesh_terms: D000077443:Acamprosate; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000427:Alcohol Deterrents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000378:metabolism; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D013654:Taurine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017557:Ventral Tegmental Area / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000427:Alcohol Deterrents; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D013654:Taurine; D000431:Ethanol; D009538:Nicotine; D000077443:Acamprosate; D000109:Acetylcholine