Advanced transgenic approaches to understand alcohol-related phenotypes in animals

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 271-311

  Bilbao, Ainhoa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol addiction cycle; Behavior; Brain neurotransmitter systems; Conditional knock outs; Craving; Genetics; Initiation; Maintenance; Relapse

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ANANDAMIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOXYCYCLINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENICS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 84868664254     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2012_204     Document Type: Article

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