β-Endorphin mediates behavioral despair and the effect of ethanol on the tail suspension test in mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1066-1072

  Barfield, Elizabeth T ^a   Barry, Sarah M ^a   Hodgin, Hali B ^b   Thompson, Brittany M ^c   Allen, Stephani S ^d   Grisel, Judith E ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anxiety; Depression; Opioids; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ENDORPHIN; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENOTYPE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; DEPRESSION; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DEPRESSION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77952896363     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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