Maternal separation and proclivity for ethanol intake: A potential role of the endocannabinoid system in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 223, Issue , 2012, Pages 296-304

  Romano Lopez A ^a   Mendez Diaz M ^a   Ruiz Contreras, A E ^b   Carrisoza, R ^a   Prospero Garcia O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; CB1 receptor; Endocannabinoid system; Epigenetics; Maternal separation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; TAP WATER;

ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID;

EID: 84866483096     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.071     Document Type: Article

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