Ethanol-associated behaviors of mice lacking norepinephrine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3157-3164

  Weinshenker, David ^a   Rust, Nicole C ^a   Miller, Nicole S ^a   Palmiter, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Dopamine hydroxylase; Ethanol; Hypothermia; Mice; Norepinephrine; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHERMIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 0034194187     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-09-03157.2000     Document Type: Article

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