Involvement of the beta-endorphin neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in ethanol-induced place preference conditioning in mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2019-2029

  Pastor, Raúl ^a   Font, Laura ^a   Miquel, Marta ^a   Phillips, Tamara J ^b,c   Aragon, Carlos M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta endorphin; Conditioned place preference; Ethanol; Extinction; Naltrexone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; NALTREXONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MEMORY; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NALTREXONE; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80055117224     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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