Involvement of acetaldehyde in alcohol addiction.
This article presents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 RSA Meeting in Montreal, Canada. The organizers and chairs were William J. McBride and Ting-Kai Li. The presentations were (1) Metabolism of ethanol in the brain and the behavioral consequences, by Richard A. Deitrich and Sergey Zimatkin; (2) Catalase production of acetaldehyde as a possible mediator of the psychopharmacological effects of ethanol, by Brian R. Smith; (3) The reinforcing actions of acetaldehyde in the ventral tegmental area, by Zachary A. Rodd-Henricks; and (4) Salsolinol and alcohol addiction, by William J. McBride.
McBride
William J
WJ
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. wmcbride@iupui.edu
Li
Ting-Kai
TK
Deitrich
Richard A
RA
Zimatkin
Sergey
S
Smith
Brian R
BR
Rodd-Henricks
Zachary A
ZA
D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000523:psychology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans
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