Roles of the nucleus accumbens and amygdala in the acquisition and expression of ethanol-conditioned behavior in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1076-1084

  Gremel, Christina M ^a   Cunningham, Christopher L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Conditioned place preference; Conditioned reinforcement; Inbred mice (DBA 2); Lesion; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS;

EID: 38749149557     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4520-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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