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Involvement of Acetaldehyde in Alcohol Addiction
Author(s) -
McBride William J.,
Li TingKai,
Deitrich Richard A.,
Zimatkin Sergey,
Smith Brian R.,
RoddHenricks Zachary A.
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02439.x
Subject(s) - acetaldehyde , addiction , ventral tegmental area , ethanol , alcohol addiction , psychology , alcohol , neuroscience , psychoanalysis , chemistry , biochemistry , dopamine , dopaminergic
This article presents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 RSA Meeting in Montreal, Canada. The organizers and chairs were William J. McBride and Ting‐Kai Li. The presentations were (1) Metabolism of ethanol in the brain and the behavioral consequences, by Richard A. Deitrich and Sergey Zimatkin; (2) Catalase production of acetaldehyde as a possible mediator of the psychopharmacological effects of ethanol, by Brian R. Smith; (3) The reinforcing actions of acetaldehyde in the ventral tegmental area, by Zachary A. Rodd‐Henricks; and (4) Salsolinol and alcohol addiction, by William J. McBride.