GABAB receptor activation attenuates the stimulant but not mesolimbic dopamine response to ethanol in FAST mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-58

  Holstein, Sarah E ^a,c   Li, Na ^a   Eshleman, Amy J ^a,b   Phillips, Tamara J ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alcohol; Animal model; Catecholamine; Drug abuse; Selected line; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; DOPAMINE; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); SULFUR 35; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; SULFUR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MALE; MICE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BINDING; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

EID: 84866984532     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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