Novel agents for the pharmacological treatment of alcohol use disorder

EM Burnette, SJ Nieto, EN Grodin, LR Meredith… - Drugs, 2022 - Springer
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a highly prevalent but severely under-treated disorder, with
only three widely-approved pharmacotherapies. Given that AUD is a very heterogeneous …

Molecular Structure and Physiological Functions of GABAB Receptors

B Bettler, K Kaupmann, J Mosbacher… - Physiological …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
GABAB receptors are broadly expressed in the nervous system and have been implicated in
a wide variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The cloning of the first GABAB …

Digitization of multistep organic synthesis in reactionware for on-demand pharmaceuticals

PJ Kitson, G Marie, JP Francoia, SS Zalesskiy… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Chemical manufacturing is often done at large facilities that require a sizable capital
investment and then produce key compounds for a finite period. We present an approach to …

The neurobiology and control of anxious states

MJ Millan - Progress in neurobiology, 2003 - Elsevier
Fear is an adaptive component of the acute “stress” response to potentially-dangerous
(external and internal) stimuli which threaten to perturb homeostasis. However, when …

Effectiveness and safety of baclofen for maintenance of alcohol abstinence in alcohol-dependent patients with liver cirrhosis: randomised, double-blind controlled …

G Addolorato, L Leggio, A Ferrulli, S Cardone… - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background Intervention to achieve alcohol abstinence represents the most effective
treatment for alcohol-dependent patients with liver cirrhosis; however, anticraving drugs …

Drug addiction: the neurobiology of behaviour gone awry

ND Volkow, TK Li - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2004 - nature.com
Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse
consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad'choices' that …

Neuropharmacology of alcohol addiction

V Vengeliene, A Bilbao, A Molander… - British journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the generally held view that alcohol is an unspecific pharmacological agent, recent
molecular pharmacology studies demonstrated that alcohol has only a few known primary …

Identification and management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome

A Mirijello, C D'Angelo, A Ferrulli, G Vassallo… - Drugs, 2015 - Springer
Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) may develop within 6–24 h after the
abrupt discontinuation or decrease of alcohol consumption. Symptoms can vary from …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol withdrawal syndrome: benzodiazepines and beyond

A Sachdeva, M Choudhary… - Journal of clinical and …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol dependence is an increasing and pervasive problem. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms
are a part of alcohol dependence syndrome and are commonly encountered in general …

Treatment of alcohol use disorders in patients with alcoholic liver disease

G Addolorato, A Mirijello, P Barrio, A Gual - Journal of hepatology, 2016 - Elsevier
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) is one of the leading causes of disease and disability in
almost all European countries. Among the alcohol-related diseases, alcoholic liver disease …