Cannabinoid CB1 receptor knockout mice exhibit markedly reduced voluntary alcohol consumption and lack alcohol-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 698-704

  Hungud, Basalingappa L ^a,b,c   Szakall, Istvan ^b   Adam, Agota ^b   Basavarajappa, Balapal S ^a,b   Vadasz, Csaba ^a,b,d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Nathan Kline Inst Psychiat Res ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; CB1 receptors; Dopamine; Knockout mice; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HETEROZYGOTE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037317155     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01576.x     Document Type: Article

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