GABAA receptors mediate the opposing roles of dopamine and the tegmental pedunculopontine nucleus in the motivational effects of ethanol

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1235-1244

  Ting A Kee, Ryan ^a   Dockstader, Colleen ^b   Heinmiller, Andrew ^a   Grieder, Taryn ^a   Van Der Kooy, Derek ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dependence and withdrawal; Mice; Opiates; Place preference; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; MORPHINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHINE; MOTIVATION; NARCOTICS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61849145820     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06684.x     Document Type: Article

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