Chronic mild stress increases alcohol intake in mice with low dopamine D2 receptor levels

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-105

  Delis, Foteini ^a   Thanos, Panayotis K ^a,b   Rombola, Christina ^a   Rosko, Lauren ^a   Grandy, David ^c   Wang, Gene Jack ^a   Volkow, Nora D ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic mild stress; Dopamine D2 receptors; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMOBILIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 84875484298     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030750     Document Type: Article

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