Alcohol, cocaine, and brain stimulation-reward in C57Bl6/J and DBA2/J mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Fish, Eric W ^a   Riday, Thorfinn T ^a   McGuigan, Megan M ^a   Faccidomo, Sara ^a   Hodge, Clyde W ^a   Malanga, C J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Behavioral Genetics; Dopamine; Ethanol; Intracranial Self Stimulation; Psychomotor Stimulant

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 74049120211     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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