Importance of NO/cGMP signalling via cGMP-dependent protein kinase II for controlling emotionality and neurobehavioural effects of alcohol

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3498-3506

  Werner, Claudia ^a,e   Raivich, Gennadij ^b   Cowen, Michael ^c   Strekalova, Tatyana ^c   Sillaber, Inge ^d   Buters, Jeroen T ^a   Spanagel, Rainer ^c   Hofmann, Franz ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Alcohol drinking; Anxiety like behaviour; Knockout mice; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTION; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELETION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIGHTING REFLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EMOTIONS; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 10944220561     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03793.x     Document Type: Article

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