PeiPei Chau

Addiction Biology Unit
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry

E-mail: peipei.chau@neuro.gu.se

Presentation:
PeiPei Chau has a master degree in pharmaceutical bioscience (2005, University of Gothenburg).
She now also has a PhD from University of Gothenburg.
The title of her doctoral thesis is: “Studies of ethanol intake reducing substances – mechanisms of action”.

Original publications:
Chau P, Stomberg R, Fagerberg A, Söderpalm B, Ericson M. (2010) Glycine receptors involved in acamprosates’ modulation of accumbal dopamine levels: an in vivo microdialysis study. (In press, ACER-D-08-2403)

Chau P, Höifödt-Lidö H, Löf E, Söderpalm B, Ericson M. (2010) Glycine receptors in the nucleus accumbens involved in the ethanol intake reducing effect of acamprosate. (In press, ACER-D-2404).

Ericson M, Clarke RB, Chau P, Adermark L, Söderpalm B (2009) Beta-alanine elevates dopamine levels in the rat nucleus accumbens: antagonism by strychnine. Amino Acids Jun19 (E-pub ahead)

Ericson M, R Stomberg, P Chau, Söderpalm B (2008) Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the anterior, but not the posterior, VTA mediate ethanol-induced elevation of accumbal dopamine levels. J Pharm Exp Therm Jul;326(1):76-82.

Lof E, Chau PP, Stomberg R, Söderpalm B. (2007) Ethanol-induced dopamine elevation in the rat -modulatory effects by subchronic treatment with nicotinic drugs. Eur J Pharmacol. 555(2-3):139-47.

Books, chapters etc.
Chau P (2006) Studier om akamprosat och dess påverkan på stryknin-känsliga glycinreceptorer hos gnagare In:Riskbruk, Missbruk, Beroende, Forskning och vård, en rapport från Göteborgs Universitet och Beroendekliniken vid Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, Eds:C Fahlke and A-G Melin pp171-173. ISBN(10) 91-631-9621-2, ISBN(13) 978-91-631-9621-8. Swedish.