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Comorbid Alcohol and Nicotine Dependence: From the Biomolecular Basis to Clinical Consequences
Author(s) -
AitDaoud Nassima,
Wiesbeck Gerhard A.,
Bienkowski Przemyslaw,
Li Ming D.,
Pfützer Roland H.,
Singer Manfred V.,
Lesch Otto M.,
Johnson Bankole A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1097/01.alc.0000174692.20933.49
Subject(s) - nicotine dependence , nicotine , basis (linear algebra) , alcohol , alcohol dependence , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , mathematics , chemistry , biochemistry , geometry
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 12th Congress of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism held in Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, on October 1, 2004. The organizers and cochairs were Nassima Ait‐Daoud, MD, and Gerhard A. Wiesbeck, MD. The presentations included the following: (1) The Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Alcohol‐Seeking Behavior, by Przemyslaw Bienkowski, MD, PhD; (2) Utilization of Linkage Analysis Combined with Microarray Technology to Identify Genes and Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine and Alcohol Use and Abuse in Humans and Rodents, by Ming D. Li, PhD; (3) Smoking and Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis: The Underestimated Risk?, by Roland H. Pfützer, MD; (4) Anticraving Medication in Alcohol and Nicotine Dependence, by Otto M. Lesch, MD, PhD; and (5) Pharmacotherapy for Promotion of Abstinence from Nicotine Among Alcohol‐Dependent Individuals, by Bankole A. Johnson, DSc, MD, PhD.