Ethanol Is self-administered into the nucleus accumbens shell, but not the core: Evidence of genetic sensitivity

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2162-2171

  Engleman, Eric A ^a   Ding, Zheng Ming ^a   Oster, Scott M ^b   Toalston, Jamie E ^b   Bell, Richard L ^a   Murphy, James M ^a,b   McBride, William J ^a   Rodd, Zachary A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Preferring Rats; Ethanol; Intracranial Self Administration; Nucleus Accumbens; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; INFUSION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70450209125     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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