Infusion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor into the ventral tegmental area switches the substrates mediating ethanol motivation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 996-1003

  Ting A Kee, Ryan ^a   Vargas Perez, Hector ^a   Bufalino, Mary Rose ^a   Bahi, Amine ^b   Dreyer, Jean Luc ^c   Tyndale, Rachel F ^d   van der Kooy, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dopamine; GABAA receptor excitation; Morphine; Mouse; TrkB receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; MORPHINE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORPHINE; MOTIVATION; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84875364893     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12105     Document Type: Article

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