Potential neuroprotective effects of acamprosate

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authors

• Koob, George
• Mason, Barbara
• De Witte, P.
• Littleton, J.
• Siggins, George

publication date

• 2002

journal

• Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research  Journal

abstract

• This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 RSA Meeting in Montreal, Canada. The organizers were Barbara J. Mason and George F. Koob. Anita M. Goodman served as chair. The presentations were (1) Acamprosate inhibits alcohol withdrawal-induced neurotoxicity in organotypic hippocampal cultures, by John Littleton; (2) Acamprosate alteration of NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity, by George R. Siggins; (3) Acamprosate and glutamate during ethanol withdrawal, by Philippe De Witte; (4) Clinical evidence of protective CNS effects of acamprosate in alcohol-dependent individuals, by Barbara J. Mason.

subject areas

• Alcohol Deterrents
• Alcoholism
• Animals
• Brain
• Humans
• Neuroprotective Agents
• Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
• Synaptic Transmission
• Taurine

Research

keywords

• acamprosate
• alcoholism
• glutamate
• neuroprotective

Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

• 0145-6008

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02578.x

PubMed ID

• 11981137

Additional Document Info

start page

• 586

end page

• 592

volume

• 26

issue

• 4