The small G protein H-Ras in the mesolimbic system is a molecular gateway to alcohol-seeking and excessive drinking behaviors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 15849-15858

  Hamida, Sami Ben ^a   Neasta, Jeremie ^a   Lasek, Amy W ^a   Kharazia, Viktor ^a   Zou, Mimi ^a   Carnicella, Sebastien ^a,b,c   Janak, Patricia H ^a,b   Ron, Dorit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; H RAS PROTEIN; N [[5 [(2 AMINO 3 MERCAPTOPROPYL) AMINO] [1, 1' BIPHENYL] 2 YL] CARBONYL] METHIONINE; QUININE; SACCHARIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BINGE DRINKING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; MALE; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAS-GRF1; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 84868566673     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2846-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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