Inhibition of 5α-reduced steroid biosynthesis impedes acquisition of ethanol drinking in male C57BL/6J mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1408-1416

  Ford, Matthew M ^b   Yoneyama, Naomi ^b   Strong, Moriah N ^b   Fretwell, Andrea ^a   Tanchuck, Michelle ^b   Finn, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Allopregnanolone; Drinking Patterns; Finasteride; GABAA Receptors; Neurosteroid Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; FINASTERIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHOLESTENONE 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; ELTANOLONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUID INTAKE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; STEROIDOGENESIS; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; TIME;

MUS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FINASTERIDE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48749099076     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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