Alcohol, the Brain, and Behavior: Mechanisms of Addiction

The actions of alcohol that cause intoxication, initiate and maintain excessive drinking behavior, and promote relapse during abstinence occur primarily in the brain. A thorough understanding of alcohol’s effects on the mechanisms underlying brain function is essential to develop and improve alcohol...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6713004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11199269
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description The actions of alcohol that cause intoxication, initiate and maintain excessive drinking behavior, and promote relapse during abstinence occur primarily in the brain. A thorough understanding of alcohol’s effects on the mechanisms underlying brain function is essential to develop and improve alcoholism prevention and treatment strategies. This article is not an exhaustive overview of alcoholism neurobiology, but a sampling of the more significant recent advances in the field.
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spelling pubmed-67130042019-09-06 Alcohol, the Brain, and Behavior: Mechanisms of Addiction Alcohol Res Health Articles The actions of alcohol that cause intoxication, initiate and maintain excessive drinking behavior, and promote relapse during abstinence occur primarily in the brain. A thorough understanding of alcohol’s effects on the mechanisms underlying brain function is essential to develop and improve alcoholism prevention and treatment strategies. This article is not an exhaustive overview of alcoholism neurobiology, but a sampling of the more significant recent advances in the field. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC6713004/ /pubmed/11199269 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Unless otherwise noted in the text, all material appearing in this journal is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6713004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11199269

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