The role of acetaldehyde in the central effects of ethanol.
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2004 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Vancouver, Canada. The symposium was organized by Etienne Quertemont and chaired by Kathleen A. Grant. The presentations were (1) Behavioral stimulant effects of intracranial injections of ethanol and acetaldehyde in rats, by Mercè Correa, Maria N. Arizzi and John D. Salamone; (2) Behavioral characterization of acetaldehyde in mice, by Etienne Quertemont and Sophie Tambour; (3) Role of brain catalase and central formed acetaldehyde in ethanol's behavioral effects, by Carlos M.G. Aragon; (4) Contrasting the reinforcing actions of acetaldehyde and ethanol within the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of alcohol-preferring (P) rats, by William J. McBride, Zachary A. Rodd, Avram Goldstein, Alejandro Zaffaroni and Ting-Kai Li; and (5) Acetaldehyde increases dopaminergic transmission in the limbic system, by Milena Pisano and Marco Diana.
Quertemont
Etienne
E
Neuroscience Comportementale et Psychopharmacologie, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. equertemont@ulg.ac.be
Grant
Kathleen A
KA
Correa
Mercè
M
Arizzi
Maria N
MN
Salamone
John D
JD
Tambour
Sophie
S
Aragon
Carlos M G
CM
McBride
William J
WJ
Rodd
Zachary A
ZA
Goldstein
Avram
A
Zaffaroni
Alejandro
A
Li
Ting-Kai
TK
Pisano
Milena
M
Diana
Marco
M
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