Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Common molecular substrates of nicotine and alcohol dependence
Alcohol and nicotine are often co-abused. As many as 80-95% of alcoholics are also smokers, suggesting that ethanol and nicotine, the primary addictive component of tobacco smoke, may functionally interact in the central nervous system and/or share a common mechanism of action. While nicotine init...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-04-01
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| Serier: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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| Online adgang: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00029/full |