Glutamatergic Input to the Lateral Hypothalamus Stimulates Ethanol Intake: Role of Orexin and Melanin-Concentrating Hormone

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-131

  Chen, Yu Wei ^a,b   Barson, Jessica R ^b   Chen, Aimee ^a   Hoebel, Bartley G ^a   Leibowitz, Sarah F ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Glutamate; Lateral hypothalamus; Melanin concentrating hormone; Orexin

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DIGOXIGENIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; OREXIN; WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTAMATERGIC INPUT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PERIFORNICAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; ZONA INCERTA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MELANINS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY HORMONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871968995     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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