Lesions of the extended amygdala in C57BL/6J mice do not block the intermittent ethanol vapor-induced increase in ethanol consumption

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-208

  Dhaher, Ronnie ^a   Finn, Deborah ^a,b   Snelling, Christopher ^a   Hitzemann, Robert ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis; C57BL 6J; Central Nucleus of the Amygdala; Electrolytic Lesions; Ethanol Consumption; Extended Amygdala

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROLYSIS; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 38349103956     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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