Increased ethanol self-administration and anxiety-like behavior during acute ethanol withdrawal and protracted abstinence: Regulation by corticotropin-releasing factor

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1494-1501

  Valdez, Glenn R ^a   Roberts, Amanda J ^a   Chan, Karen ^a   Davis, Heather ^a   Brennan, Molly ^a   Zorrilla, Eric P ^a   Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; CRF; Ethanol; Protracted Abstinence; Self Administration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036798776     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02448.x     Document Type: Article

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