Alcohol self-administration, anxiety, and cortisol levels predict changes in delta opioid receptor function in the ventral tegmental area

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 515-522

  Mitchell, Jennifer M ^a   Margolis, Elyssa B ^a   Coker, Allison R ^a   Fields, Howard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta opioid receptor; Ethanol; Gavage; Opioid; Self administration

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; HYDROCORTISONE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OLIGOPEPTIDE; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TYROSYL 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRO 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBONYL PHENYLALANYL PHENYLALANINE; TYROSYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-3-ISOQUINOLINECARBONYL-PHENYLALANYL-PHENYLALANINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTAROD TEST; STATISTICS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENKEPHALIN, D-PENICILLAMINE (2,5)-; ETHANOL; HYDROCORTISONE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84871874629     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029027     Document Type: Article

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