Involvement of nucleus accumbens dopamine D1 receptors in ethanol drinking, ethanol-induced conditioned place preference, and ethanol-induced psychomotor sensitization in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-153

  Bahi, Amine ^a   Dreyer, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioral sensitization; D1 receptor; Ethanol; Lentivitus; Place preference; Reward; SCH 39166; siRNA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; ECOPIPAM; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REWARD; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; REWARD; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84861896371     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2630-8     Document Type: Article

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