GABAA receptors in the posterior, but not anterior, ventral tegmental area mediate Ro15-4513-induced attenuation of binge-like ethanol consumption in C57BL/6J female mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Melón, Laverne C ^a,b   Boehm, Stephen L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; C57BL 6J; Drinking in the Dark; Extrasynaptic receptors; GABAA; Mouse; Ro15 4513; Ventral tegmental area; VTA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; SUCROSE; WATER;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AZIDES; BENZODIAZEPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRINKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROINJECTIONS; SUCROSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79952106542     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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