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Title

Toward a molecular basis of alcohol use and abuse / edited by B. Jansson ... [et al.].

Publication

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, c1994.

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Additional Authors

Jansson, Bengt.

Description

x, 407 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.

Series Statement

EXS ; 71

Uniform Title

EXS ; 71.

Subject

• Ethanol > metabolism
• Ethanol > pharmacology
• Alcoholism > metabolism
• Alcoholism > genetics
• Alcohol > Physiological effect
• Alcoholism > Molecular aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Alcohol in human history / B.L. Vallee -- Reward and its control by dynorphin peptides / L. Terenius -- Adaptation of signal transduction in brain / C. Alling, L. Gustavsson, C. Larsson, C. Lundqvist, D. Rodriguez and P. Simonsson -- Protein kinase C and adaptation to ethanol / R. Roivainen, B. Hundle and R.O. Messing -- Molecular control of neuronal survival in the chick embryo / S. Biffo, G. Dechant, H. Okazawa and Y.-A. Barde -- Effects of alcohol on gene expression in neural cells / N. Wilke, M. Sganga, S. Barhite and M.F. Miles -- The role of the NMDA receptor in ethanol withdrawal / P.L. Hoffman and B. Tabakoff -- Molecular diversity of glutamate receptors and their physiological functions / S. Nakanishi, M. Masu, Y. Bessho, Y. Nakajima, Y. Hayashi and R. Shigemoto -- Multiple dopamine receptors: The D[subscript 3] receptor and actions of substances of abuse / J.-C. Schwartz, J. Diaz, N. Griffon, D. Levesque, M.-P. Martres and P. Sokoloff.
• Molecular pharmacology of serotonin receptors / P.R. Hartig -- Alcohol, the reward system and dependence / G.F. Koob, S. Rassnick, S. Heinrichs and F. Weiss -- Clinical aspects on molecular probes, markers and metabolism / U. Rydberg -- Familial alcoholism: Family, twin adoption and high risk studies / J. Knop -- Association strategies in substance abuse / G.R. Uhl -- PET-determination of benzodiazepine receptor binding in studies on alcoholism / L. Farde, S. Pauli, J.-E. Litton, C. Halldin, J. Neiman and G. Sedvall -- Serotonin, violent behavior and alcohol / M. Linnoila, M. Virkkunen, T. George, M. Eckardt, J.D. Higley, D. Nielsen and D. Goldman -- Neuropeptides and alcohol addiction in monkeys / J.M. van Ree, M. Kornet and C. Goosen -- The role of adenosine in mediating cellular and molecular responses to ethanol / I. Diamond and A.S. Gordon -- Helicobacter pylori alcohol dehydrogenase / M. Salaspuro.
• Genetic polymorphism of cytochrome P450. Functional consequences and possible relationship to disease and alcohol toxicity / M. Ingelman-Sundberg, I. Johansson, I. Persson, M. Oscarson, Y. Hu, L. Bertilsson, M.-L. Dahl and F. Sjoqvist -- Serotonin-altering medications and desire, consumption and effects of alcohol-treatment implications / C.A. Naranjo and K.E. Bremner -- The alcohol dehydrogenase system / H. Jornvall -- Drug metabolism and signal transduction: Possible role of Ah receptor and arachidonic acid cascade in protection from ethanol toxicity / D.W. Nebert -- Recruitment of enzymes and stress proteins as lens crystallins / J. Piatigorsky, M. Kantorow, R. Gopal-Srivastava and S.I. Tomarev -- X-ray structure of PQQ-dependent methanol dehydrogenase / M. Ghosh, A. Avezoux, C. Anthony, K. Harlos and C.C.F. Blake -- NMR, alcohols, protein solvation and protein denaturation / K. Wuthrich.
• Crystallographic investigations of alcohol dehydrogenases / H. Eklund, S. Ramaswamy, B.V. Plapp, M. El-Ahmad, O. Danielsson, J.-O. Hoog and H. Jornvall -- Retinoids and the alcohol dehydrogenase gene family / G. Duester -- Alcohol and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase gene polymorphism and alcoholism / D.I.N. Sherman, R.J. Ward, A. Yoshida and T.J. Peters -- Site-directed mutagenesis and enzyme properties of mammalian alcohol dehydrogenases correlated with their tissue distribution / J.-O. Hoog, M. Estonius and O. Danielsson -- Control of alcohol metabolism / B.V. Plapp -- Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and alcohol abuse / J.F. Riordan -- Treatment of alcoholism / B. Jansson -- Alcohol sensitivity and dependence / M.A. Schuckit -- Treatment of alcoholism as a chronic disorder / C.P. O'Brien -- Addiction and the potential for therapeutic drug development / P.A.J. Janssen.
• Therapeutic lessons from traditional Oriental medicine to contemporary Occidental pharmacology / W.-M. Keung and B.L. Vallee -- Potential gene therapy for alcoholism / R.O. Brady -- Outlook: Prospects for alcoholism treatment / E. Gordis.

ISBN

• 3764329408 (Basel : acid-free paper) :
• 0817629408 (Boston : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^94010167^

OCLC

• 30030941
• SCSB-14234386

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library