Most Recent Articles from Alcohol Research & Health

• Who is at risk? Population characterization of alcohol self-administration in nonhuman primates helps identify pathways to dependence 

  Alcohol addiction--or alcohol Dependence--is a chronic and progressive disorder that has a significant detrimental impact on the drinker, his or...

  12/22/08 by Kathleen A. Grant · More from publication

• The molecular basis of Tolerance 

  Tolerance to a drug, including alcohol, was first described as a form of behavioral plasticity and was defined as a decreased response to repeated...

  12/22/08 by Andrzej Z. Pietrzykowski · More from publication

• How adaptation of the brain to alcohol leads to dependence: a pharmacological perspective 

  The development of dependence on alcohol (as well as on other drugs of abuse) is posited to involve changes in brain chemistry that lead not only...

  12/22/08 by Peter Clapp · More from publication

• From actions to habits: neuroadaptations leading to dependence 

  Addiction is a series of misguided actions. Yet how the brain selects and generates actions has received surprisingly little attention in addiction...

  12/22/08 by Henry H. Yin · More from publication

• Glossary 

  [gamma]-Aminobutyric acid (GABA): A neurotransmitter that in the brain acts to reduce the activity of the signal-receiving neuron....

  12/22/08 · More from publication

• Alcohol dependence, withdrawal, and relapse 

  The development of alcohol dependence is a complex and dynamic process. Many neurobiological and environmental factors influence motivation to...

  12/22/08 by Howard C. Becker · More from publication

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