Alcohol and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Background The frequent co-abuse of alcohol and tobacco may suggest that they share some common neurological mechanisms. For example, nicotine acts on Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brain to release dopamine to sustain addiction. Might nAChRs be entwined with alcohol? Objectives T...
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| Language: | English |
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HBKU Press
2013-05-01
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| Series: | QScience Connect |
| Online Access: | http://www.qscience.com/doi/pdf/10.5339/connect.2013.15 |