Electrolytic lesions of the medial nucleus accumbens shell selectively decrease ethanol consumption without altering preference in a limited access procedure in C57BL/6J mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-342

  Dhaher, Ronnie ^a   Finn, Deborah A ^a,b   Oberbeck, Denesa L ^a   Yoneyama, Naomi ^a   Snelling, Christopher C ^a   Wu, Weiran ^a   Hitzemann, Robert J ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J; Electrolytic lesions; Ethanol consumption; Extended amygdala; Nucleus accumbens; Sucrose consumption

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS;

MUS;

EID: 59749090403     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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