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Neuroscience
Adolescent Brains Show Reduced Reward Anticipation
Alcohol interacts with cell membranes
Alcoholic male subject's PET image is pseudocolored to show areas of increased and decreased metabolic
Animal behavioral paradigms used to explore the positive and negative reinforcing actions of alcohol and other drugs
Areas of the brain vulnerable to damage by alcohol
Brain activity during alcohol intoxication
Cells from patient with hepatic encephalopathy
Comparison of two female subjects who had volumetric MRIs created in a GE 1.5 Tesla MRI machine
Echo planar magnetic resonance images (fMRI)
Effects of selective attention on exogenous ERPs elicited by stimuli in three sensory modalities differ in terms of morphology and scalp topography
Electroencephalographic (i.e., brain wave) tracings of the waveform P300
Images comparing a healthy control man with an alcoholic man
Interactive effects of alcohol and nicotine on dopamine release in the rat brain
Major Components of a Typical Neuron
Neurotransmitters with discrete localization within the brain
Parts of the brain involved in alcohol/nocotine dependence and psychiatric disorders
Performance examples of a control subject and an alcoholic patient on the go/no-go task
PET and MRI images of a male alcoholic
Pictorial representation of the Himmelsbach hypothesis as it applies to alcohol use
Schematic drawing of a ligand-gated ion channel (left) showing the confluence of individual subunit proteins that define a pore where the ions flow across the cell membrane
Schematic drawing of a neuron showing dendrites, where neurons receive chemical input from other neurons; soma (cell body); and axon terminal, where neurons communicate information to other cells
Schematic drawing of a synapse between two neurons
Schematic drawing of the γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAA) ligandgated ion channel complex. The receptor molecule is formed by the confluence of five subunit proteins
Schematic of a lengthwise cross-section through the human brain
Schematic representation of some of the major neurochemical systems affected by alcohol
Schematic representation of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptor
Schematic representation of the two most common subtypes of nAChRs
The NMDA receptor complex
Topography of ERP response to tactile stimulus at approximately 50 ms after stimulus presentation
VideoConference Presentation - Alcohol and Adolescence
Underage and College Drinking: Key Facts and Stats
COMBINE Data Set
now available
Free CME/CE Credits
--New Interactive Video Course
NIAAA Strategic Plan--FY09-14
Underage Drinking Research Initiative
Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue, Updated 2008
The Coolspot
Alcohol Policy Information System
(APIS)
College Drinking Prevention
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free
Interagency Coordinating Committee on FAS
(ICCFAS)
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