title: CREB gene transcription factors: role in molecular mechanisms of alcohol and drug addiction.
abstract: This article presents the proceedings of a symposium presented at the meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in June 2004. The organizers and chairpersons were Subhash C. Pandey and Fulton Crews. The presentations were (1) Ethanol Modulation of CREB: Role in Dependence and Withdrawal, by Fulton Crews; (2) Effects of D1 Dopamine Receptor Activation During Withdrawal From Chronic Morphine: Enhanced CREB Activation and Decreased Conditioned Place Aversion, by Elena H. Chartoff; (3) CREB-Haplodeficient Mice: Role in Anxiety and Alcohol-Drinking Behaviors, by Subhash C. Pandey; and (4) A Role for CREB in Stress and Drug Addiction, by Julie A. Blendy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. scpandey@uic.edu
authors.forename: Subhash C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Elena H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Chartoff
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Carlezon
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Huaibo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Arati S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kreibich
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Blendy
authors.forename: Fulton T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Crews
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein