Corticosteroid-dependent plasticity mediates compulsive alcohol drinking in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7563-7571

  Vendruscolo, Leandro F ^a   Barbier, Estelle ^b   Schlosburg, Joel E ^a   Misra, Kaushik K ^a   Whitfield, Timothy W ^a   Logrip, Marian L ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^c   Repunte Canonigo, Vez ^a   Zorrilla, Eric P ^a   Sanna, Pietro P ^a   Heilig, Markus ^b   Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 84861595843     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0069-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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