Innate differences of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in hypothalamic nuclei and central nucleus of the amygdala between selectively bred rats with high and low alcohol preference

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1023-1030

  Hwang, Bang H ^a,c   Zhang, Jing Kang ^a   Ehlers, Cindy L ^b   Lumeng, Lawrence ^a   Li, T K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Preference; Anxiety; Central Amygdaloid Nucleus; Neuropeptide Y; Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASTE PREFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032981008     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04220.x     Document Type: Article

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