Alpha4 subunit-containing GABA A receptors in the accumbens shell contribute to the reinforcing effects of alcohol

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-321

  Rewal, Mridula ^a   Donahue, Rachel ^a   Gill, T Michael ^a   Nie, Hong ^a   Ron, Dorit ^a,b,c   Janak, Patricia H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; ethanol; rat; RNA interference; self administration; ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84857656845     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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