Neuroscience: Pathways to Alcohol Dependence Part 1 — Overview of the Neurobiology of Dependence

Alcohol Research & Health Volume 31, Number 3, 2008

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In This Issue [PDF]
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Neurobiology of Alcohol Dependence: Focus on Motivational Mechanisms [PDF]Nicolas W. Gilpin and George F. Koob
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Communication Networks in the Brain:Neurons, Receptors, Neurotransmitters,and Alcohol [PDF]David M. Lovinger
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Translational Studies of Alcoholism: Bridging the Gap [PDF]Natalie M. Zahr and Edith V. Sullivan

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Strategies to Study the Neuroscience of Alcoholism: Introduction [PDF] Robert Hitzemann and Denesa Oberbeck
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Positron Emission Tomography As a Tool for Studying Alcohol Abuse [PDF] Panayotis K. Thanos, Gene-Jack Wang,and Nora D. Volkow
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From Event-Related Potential to Oscillations: Genetic Diathesis in Brain (Dys)Function and Alcohol Dependence [PDF] Madhavi Rangaswamy and Bernice Porjesz
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The Use of Magnetic ResonanceSpectroscopy and Magnetic ResonanceImaging in Alcohol Research [PDF] Bonnie J. Nagel and Christopher D. Kroenke
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approachesfor Studying Alcoholism Using Mouse Models [PDF] Eilis A. Boudreau, Gang Chen, Xin Li, andChristopher D. Kroenke
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Laser-Assisted Microdissection [PDF] Denesa Oberbeck
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Proteomic Solutions for Analytical ChallengesAssociated With Alcohol Research [PDF] Michael J. MacCoss and Christine C. Wu
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On the Use of Short-Interfering RNAto Study Alcohol-Related Genes [PDF] Christopher A. Adams and W. Michael Zawada

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Viral Delivery of Small-Hairpin RNAsfor Reducing Gene Expression in theRodent Brain [PDF]Amy W. Lasek and Ulrike Heberlein
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Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis: MultipleCross and Heterogeneous Stock Mapping [PDF] Robert Hitzemann, John K. Belknap, andShannon K. McWeeney
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Interval-Specific Congenic Animals for High-Resolution Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping [PDF] Deaunne L. Denmark, Lauren C. Milner,and Kari J. Buck
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Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Masking [PDF]Nicole A.R. Walter, Shannon K. McWeeney,Sandra T. Peters, John K. Belknap, RobertHitzemann, and Kari J. Buck
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Expression Quantitative Trait Loci and thePhenoGen Database [PDF]Laura Saba, Paula L. Hoffman, CherylHornbaker, Sanjiv V. Bhave, and Boris Tabakoff
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Integrative Genetic Analysis of AlcoholDependence Using the GeneNetworkWeb Resources [PDF]Robert W. Williams and Lu Lu
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Conclusions [PDF]Robert Hitzemann and Denesa Oberbeck
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