δ-opioid receptor expression in the ventral tegmental area protects against elevated alcohol consumption

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 12672-12681

  Margolis, Elyssa B ^a   Fields, Howard L ^a,b   Hjelmstad, Gregory O ^a,b   Mitchell, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid; Alcoholism; Consumption; Drinking; Ethanol; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE];

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROINJECTIONS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 58149395695     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4569-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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