title: Effects of alcohol on the brain biomembranes: a review.
abstract: Alcohol consumption is a worldwide spread phenomenon influence of which on a human organism may even be fatal. Consequences of alcoholism are not only medical but also social and economical. The basic principles of alcohol dependence development remain still unclear. Submitted article offers a short review of alcohols effects mechanisms and its interaction with neurotransmitters.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  alcohol - biomembranes fluidity - GABA - dopamine - serotonine - neurotransmitters.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine and Medicolegal Expertises. ivakomarekova@gmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Komáreková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janík
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000378:metabolism; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D018079:Receptors, GABA / Q000378:metabolism; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D018079:Receptors, GABA; D000431:Ethanol; D016202:N-Methylaspartate