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Behavioral and Molecular Aspects of Alcohol Craving and Relapse

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Alcohol dependence and addiction, here equated with alcoholism, is a clinically welldefined disorder in which normal behavioral control is lost by the individual, leading to particularly severe consequences. Several key aspects of alcoholism have been modeled in experimental animals. These animal models mimic various behavioral aspects seen in human alcoholics, such as loss of control over drinking, tolerance, physical dependence, craving, and relapse (1,2).

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Spanagel, R. (2003). Behavioral and Molecular Aspects of Alcohol Craving and Relapse. In: Maldonado, R. (eds) Molecular Biology of Drug Addiction. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-343-9_15

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