Ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) antagonism suppresses both operant alcohol self-administration and high alcohol consumption in rats

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-94

  Landgren, Sara ^a   Simms, Jeffrey A ^b   Hyytiä, Petri ^c   Engel, Jörgen A ^a   Bartlett, Selena E ^b   Jerlhag, Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

AA rats; alcohol; ethanol; ghrelin receptors; motivation; operant self administration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; JMV 2959; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS CINNAMON RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; GLYCINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84255177243     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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