title: Anxious to drink: gabapentin normalizes GABAergic transmission in the central amygdala and reduces symptoms of ethanol dependence.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Unité Mixte de Recherche 5227, Equipe Neuropsychopharmacologie de l'Addiction, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 1 et 2, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: Kelly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Clemens
authors.forename: Leandro F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Vendruscolo
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D000588:Amines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000679:Amygdala / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006801:Humans; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin
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