Lack of evidence of a role for the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in ethanol-induced reward and c-fos expression in DBA/2 mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1094, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Murphy, Niall P ^a   Sakoori, Kazuto ^a   Okabe, Chinami ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

c fos; Ethanol; Finasteride; Locomotion; Neurosteroid; Reward

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; FINASTERIDE; NEUROSTEROID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 33745226232     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.109     Document Type: Article

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