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Volume 2 (2005), Issue 1 (January)

1. Correlation of stable elevations in striatal mu-opioid receptor availability in detoxified alcoholic patients with alcohol craving: a positron emission tomography study using carbon 11-labeled carfentanil.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(1): 57-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Haplotype-based localization of an alcohol dependence gene to the 5q34 {gamma}-aminobutyric acid type A gene cluster.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(1): 47-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Efficacy of valproate maintenance in patients with bipolar disorder and alcoholism: a double-blind placebo-controlled study.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(1): 37-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Subjective reactions to alcohol cue exposure: a qualitative analysis of patients' self-reports.
   Psychol Addict Behav, 18(4): 402-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. A transactional model of parent-infant interactions in alcoholic families.
   Psychol Addict Behav, 18(4): 350-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Mapping the continuum of alcohol problems in college students: a Rasch model analysis.
   Psychol Addict Behav, 18(4): 322-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Serum sialic acid and gamma-glutamyltransferase levels in alcohol-dependent individuals.
   Forensic Sci Int, 146: S67-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Disruption of brain white matter microstructure by excessive intracellular and extracellular fluid in alcoholism: evidence from diffusion tensor imaging.
   Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(2): 423-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Increased attributable risk related to a functional mu-opioid receptor gene polymorphism in association with alcohol dependence in central Sweden.
   Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(2): 417-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mediates the desirable actions of the anti-addiction drug ibogaine against alcohol consumption.
    J Neurosci, 25(3): 619-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Novel pharmacotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of drug addiction and craving.
    Curr Opin Pharmacol, 5(1): 107-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Ethanol and brain damage.
    Curr Opin Pharmacol, 5(1): 73-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Glucose utilization in the medial prefrontal cortex correlates with serotonin turnover rate and clinical depression in alcoholics.
    Psychiatry Res, 132(3): 219-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Magnetic resonance detects brainstem changes in chronic, active heavy drinkers.
    Psychiatry Res, 132(3): 209-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The half-life of the 'teachable moment' for alcohol misusing patients in the emergency department.
    Drug Alcohol Depend, 77(2): 205-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Psychopathology associated with drinking and alcohol use disorders in the college and general adult populations.
    Drug Alcohol Depend, 77(2): 139-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Suppression of ethanol self-administration by the neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2 receptor antagonist BIIE0246: evidence for sensitization in rats with a history of dependence.
    Neurosci Lett, 375(2): 129-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. A form of DISC1 enriched in nucleus: altered subcellular distribution in orbitofrontal cortex in psychosis and substance/alcohol abuse.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(4): 1187-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Meta-analysis of the association of a functional serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism with alcohol dependence.
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 133(1): 79-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Opioid antagonists for alcohol dependence.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Prospective evaluation of the four DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse in a large population.
    Am J Psychiatry, 162(2): 350-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Sleep deprivation potentiates activation of cardiovascular and catecholamine responses in abstinent alcoholics.
    Hypertension, 45(2): 252-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. The assessment of craving: psychometric properties, factor structure and a revised version of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire (ACQ).
    Addiction, 100(2): 227-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Do patient characteristics and initial progress in treatment moderate the effectiveness of telephone-based continuing care for substance use disorders?
    Addiction, 100(2): 216-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Alcohol drinking frequency is more directly associated with alcohol use disorder than alcohol metabolizing enzymes among male Japanese.
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 59(1): 38-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Criminality in men with major mental disorder with and without comorbid substance abuse.
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 59(1): 25-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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