Corticotropin releasing factor signaling in the central amygdala is recruited during binge-like ethanol consumption in C57BL/6J mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3405-3413

  Lowery Gionta, Emily G ^a   Navarro, Montserrat ^a   Li, Chia ^b   Pleil, Kristen E ^b   Rinker, Jennifer A ^a   Cox, Benjamin R ^a   Sprow, Gretchen M ^a   Kash, Thomas L ^b   Thiele, Todd E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84863243895     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6256-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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