The alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA rats: Neurobiology of the regulation of alcohol drinking

Addiction Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 289-309

  Sommer, Wolfgang ^a   Hyytiä, Petri ^b   Kiianmaa, Kalervo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Dopamine; Expression analysis; Microarray; Opioid; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; COCAINE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYC PROTEIN; OPIATE; OXIDOPAMINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DNA MICROARRAY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE REACTION; ETHANOL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34247869650     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2006.00037.x     Document Type: Review

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