The sixth international ISBRA Congress attracted over 400 registered participants from 28 different countries. The Congress included a number of plenary lectures, incorperating reviews and updates in areas of current interest to alcohol researchers. The proceedings of the congress, published in this volume, cover a wide range of pre-clinical and clinical topics from the molecular biology of cultured cells to the clinical assessment of alcoholism. This volume consists of short articles which reflect the talks presented in the symposia as well as several of the plenary lectures. The material is fully referenced and represents a up-to-date account of key areas in which alcohol research is developing.
