Commentary: Studies on Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking May Help to Identify the Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying the Transition to Dependence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-196

  Thiele, Todd E ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge; CRF; CRF 1 Receptor; Ethanol; Knockout

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; UROCORTIN I;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; MALE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

MUS;

EID: 84856391375     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01734.x     Document Type: Note

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