Norepinephrine uptake sites in the locus coeruleus of rat lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference: A quantitative autoradiographic binding study using [3H]-tomoxetine

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 588-594

  Hwang, Bang H ^a,c   Wang, Guo Ming ^a   Wong, David T ^b   Lumeng, Lawrence ^a   Li, T K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Preference; Locus Coeruleus; Norepinephrine Uptake; Tomoxetine Binding Sites

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ATOMOXETINE; DESIPRAMINE; GALANIN; NORADRENALIN; PROTON;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG BINDING SITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034074130     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02029.x     Document Type: Article

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