Accumbens neurochemical adaptations produced by binge-like alcohol consumption

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-431

  Szumlinski, Karen K ^a   Diab, Mahdi E ^a   Friedman, Raquel ^a   Henze, Liezl M ^a   Lominac, Kevin D ^a   Bowers, M Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcoholism; Animal model; Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Serotonin; SHAC

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846842376     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0641-7     Document Type: Article

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