Biological Mechanisms in Alcohol Dependence--New Perspectives

Role of the ghrelin system in alcoholism: Acting on the growth hormone secretagogue receptor to treat alcohol-related diseases

(2010) L. Leggio   DRUG NEWS & PERSPECTIVES

Preclinical evidence of new opioid modulators for the treatment of addiction

(2010) Marta Rodríguez-Arias et al.   EXPERT OPINION ON INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS

DNA methylation of the POMC gene promoter is associated with craving in alcohol dependence

(2010) Marc Andre Nicolas Muschler et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

Understanding and Treating Alcohol Craving and Dependence: Recent Pharmacological and Neuroendocrinological Findings

(2009) L. Leggio   ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM

Genetics of alcohol dependence

(2009) Joel Gelernter et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Epigenetic dysregulation of dopaminergic genes in eating disorders

(2009) Helge Frieling et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS

N-methyl-d-aspartate 2b receptor subtype (NR2B) promoter methylation in patients during alcohol withdrawal

(2009) Teresa Biermann et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

The modulating effect of the androgen receptor on craving in alcohol withdrawal of men is partially mediated by leptin

(2009) B Lenz et al.   PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL

Homocysteine, Alcoholism and its Molecular Networks

(2009) S. Bleich et al.   PHARMACOPSYCHIATRY

Requirement of central ghrelin signaling for alcohol reward

(2009) E. Jerlhag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polymorphism of the long polyglutamine tract in the human androgen receptor influences craving of men in alcohol withdrawal

(2009) Bernd Lenz et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Genetic approaches to addiction: genes and alcohol

(2008) Francesca Ducci et al.   ADDICTION

Systemic administration of ghrelin induces conditioned place preference and stimulates accumbal dopamine

(2008) Elisabet Jerlhag   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Identifying the neural circuitry of alcohol craving and relapse vulnerability

(2008) Andreas Heinz et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Increased levels of adiponectin and resistin in alcohol dependence—possible link to craving

(2008) Thomas Hillemacher et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Alcohol dependence is associated with reduced plasma and fundic ghrelin levels

(2008) A. Badaoui et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Alcohol self-administration acutely stimulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, but alcohol dependence leads to a dampened neuroendocrine state

(2008) Heather N. Richardson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Promoter specific methylation of the dopamine transporter gene is altered in alcohol dependence and associated with craving

(2008) Thomas Hillemacher et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

Epigenetic mechanisms in drug addiction

(2008) William Renthal et al.   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

HPA-axis activity in alcoholism: examples for a gene–environment interaction

(2007) Toni-Kim Clarke et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY