Enhanced sensitivity of the nucleus accumbens proenkephalin system to alcohol in rats selectively bred for alcohol preference

Brain Research

Volumn 794, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-47

  Li, Xuan Wen ^a,b   Li, Ting Kai ^a   Froehlich, Janice C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Enkephalin; In situ hybridization; Nucleus accumbens; Opioid; Preproenkepbalin mRNA; Selectively bred rat lines

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MESSENGER RNA; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PROENKEPHALIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BREEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENKEPHALINS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032565711     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00191-7     Document Type: Article

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