Downregulation of mu opioid receptor by RNA interference in the ventral tegmental area reduces ethanol consumption in mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 728-735

  Lasek, A W ^a,c   Janak, P H ^a,b   He, L ^a   Whistler, J L ^a   Heberlein, U ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol consumption; Lentivirus; Opioid receptor; RNA interference; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; LENTIVIRINAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

ANIMALIA; LENTIVIRUS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 35748931731     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2007.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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