Opioids in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Stimulate Ethanol Intake

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-222

  Barson, Jessica R ^a,c   Carr, Ambrose J ^a   Soun, Jennifer E ^a   Sobhani, Nasim C ^a   Rada, Pedro ^a,b   Leibowitz, Sarah F ^a,c   Hoebel, Bartley G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Hypothalamus; Opioids; Paraventricular Nucleus; Rat

Indexed keywords

17 METHYLNALOXONE; 3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE METHANESULFONATE; ALCOHOL; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SPECIFICITY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

3,4-DICHLORO-N-METHYL-N-(2-(1-PYRROLIDINYL)-CYCLOHEXYL)-BENZENEACETAMIDE, (TRANS)-ISOMER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DRINKING; EATING; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ETHANOL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 74549132488     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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