Publication Date:
2011-03-23
Description:
Despite the fact that alcohol is one of the most widely used and abused of all psychoactive drugs, there is surprising lack of consensus on the molecular mechanisms of action. One particularly important aspect of ethanol (EtOH) is its effect on the reward system in the mammalian brain, because it may help us to understand and help people afflicted with alcohol abuse and addiction better. In PNAS, Patricia Janak, Dorit Ron, and their colleagues (1) at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center associated with the University of California, San Francisco, are making progress on both aspects by using the...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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