Ethanol and Intracellular Signaling From Molecules to Behavior

Summary: Papers presented at a meeting of the Internat. Soc. for Biomed. Research on Alcoholism to bring together investigators working in different cellular & functional contexts & to integrate studies of the underlying cellular & mechanistic aspects of alcohol dependence with studies of the responses of the organism as a whole. A picture has begun to merge of intricate, detailed pathways or circuits of communication involve...d in the development of alcoholism. Thus, understanding how alcohol affects cellular communication to produce alcohol-related behaviors, such as craving, tolerance, withdrawal, & impaired control, is an important step toward developing therapeutic interventions to improve treatment outcome. Illustrated. [read more]