Corticotropin-releasing factor gene expression is down-regulated in the central nucleus of the amygdala of alcohol-preferring rats which exhibit high anxiety: A comparison between rat lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference

Brain Research

Volumn 1026, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Hwang, Bang H ^a,b   Stewart, Robert ^a   Zhang, Jing Kang ^a   Lumeng, L ^b   Li, T K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preference; Anxiety; Central nucleus of the amygdala; Corticotropin releasing factor; Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR GENE; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOWN-REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 5044238407     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.08.042     Document Type: Article

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