Role of Adrenal Glucocorticoid Signaling in Prefrontal Cortex Gene Expression and Acute Behavioral Responses to Ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-66

  Costin, Blair N ^a   Wolen, Aaron R ^a   Fitting, Sylvia ^a   Shelton, Keith L ^a   Miles, Michael F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute locomotor activation; Ethanol; Gene expression; Glucocorticoids; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGHTING REFLEX; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MIFEPRISTONE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFLEX, RIGHTING;

MUS;

EID: 84871970983     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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