Glucocorticoid receptor antagonism blocks ethanol-induced place preference learning in mice and attenuates dopamine D2 receptor adaptation in the frontal cortex

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 519-524

  Rotter, Andrea ^a   Biermann, Theresa ^a   Amato, Davide ^a   Schumann, Gunter ^b   Desrivieres, Sylvane ^b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Müller, Christian P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Dopamine; Ethanol; Glucocorticoid receptor; Methylation; RU486

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; FRONTAL LOBE; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MIFEPRISTONE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84862569836     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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