Deletion of agouti-related protein blunts ethanol self-administration and binge-like drinking in mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-458

  Navarro, M ^b   Cubero, I ^c   Ko, L ^b   Thiele, T E ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Department of Neurociencia y Ciencias de la Salud ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MSH; AgRP; Binge like drinking; C57BL 6J; Ethanol; Knockout; Operant

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN[83-132]; ALCOHOL; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SEDATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE; TASTE;

AGOUTI; MUS;

EID: 67149093661     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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