Modulation of brain endocannabinoid levels by voluntary alcohol consumption in alcohol-preferring AA rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1711-1720

  Malinen, Hanna ^a   Lehtonen, Marko ^b   Hyytiä, Petri ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

2 Arachidonoylglycerol; Alcohol consumption; Anandamide; Endocannabinoids; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ALCOHOL; ANANDAMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRAINING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TASTE;

RATTUS;

EID: 70349306746     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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