Neuropeptides as mediators of the early-life impact on the brain; implications for alcohol use disorders

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Nylander, Ingrid ^a   Roman, Erika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dynorphin; Early life environment; Endogenous opioids; Enkephalin; Maternal separation; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

BETA NEOENDORPHIN; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DYNORPHIN; ENDORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; METENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN[6 ARGININE 7 PHENYLALANINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; VASOPRESSIN; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REARING; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPOPHYSIS; MEDIATOR; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TARGETING; RISK FACTOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84863992157     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00077     Document Type: Review

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