The Role of Acetaldehyde in the Central Effects of Ethanol

  1. Etienne Quertemont*,
  2. Kathleen A. Grant,
  3. Mercè Correa,
  4. Maria N. Arizzi,
  5. John D. Salamone,
  6. Sophie Tambour,
  7. Carlos M.G. Aragon,
  8. William J. McBride,
  9. Zachary A. Rodd,
  10. Avram Goldstein,
  11. Alejandro Zaffaroni,
  12. Ting-Kai Li,
  13. Milena Pisano,
  14. Marco Diana

Article first published online: 3 MAY 2006

DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000156185.39073.D2

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Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 29, Issue 2, pages 221–234, February 2005

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Quertemont, E., Grant, K. A., Correa, M., Arizzi, M. N., Salamone, J. D., Tambour, S., Aragon, C. M.G., McBride, W. J., Rodd, Z. A., Goldstein, A., Zaffaroni, A., Li, T.-K., Pisano, M. and Diana, M. (2005), The Role of Acetaldehyde in the Central Effects of Ethanol. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29: 221–234. doi: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000156185.39073.D2

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  1. From Neuroscience Comportementale et Psychopharmacologie, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium (EQ, ST); Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (KAG); Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (MC, MNA, JDS); Area de Psicobiologia, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain (MC, CMGA); Institute of Psychiatric Research, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana (WJM, ZAR); Stanford University, Stanford, California (AG); Technofyn Associates, Palo Alto, California (AZ); NIAAA, Bethesda, MD (T-KL); Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Dept. of Drug Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy (MP, MD).

*Etienne Quertemont, Neuroscience Comportementale et Psychopharmacologie, Univesrity of Liege, Boulevard du Rectorat 5/B32, B-4000, Liege, Belgium; Fax: (32)04-366-28-59; E-mail: equertemont@ulg.ac.be

  1. Supported by the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research (EQ, ST); NIAAA grants AA07611, AA12262 and AA14437 (WJM, ZAR, AG, AZ, T-KL).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 MAY 2006
  2. Article first published online: 3 MAY 2006
  3. Received September 15, 2004; accepted December 6, 2004.

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This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2004 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Vancouver, Canada. The symposium was organized by Etienne Quertemont and chaired by Kathleen A. Grant. The presentations were (1) Behavioral stimulant effects of intracranial injections of ethanol and acetaldehyde in rats, by Mercè Correa, Maria N. Arizzi and John D. Salamone; (2) Behavioral characterization of acetaldehyde in mice, by Etienne Quertemont and Sophie Tambour; (3) Role of brain catalase and central formed acetaldehyde in ethanol's behavioral effects, by Carlos M.G. Aragon; (4) Contrasting the reinforcing actions of acetaldehyde and ethanol within the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of alcohol-preferring (P) rats, by William J. McBride, Zachary A. Rodd, Avram Goldstein, Alejandro Zaffaroni and Ting-Kai Li; and (5) Acetaldehyde increases dopaminergic transmission in the limbic system, by Milena Pisano and Marco Diana.

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