The α5 Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Plays an Important Role in the Sedative Effects of Ethanol But Does Not Modulate Consumption in Mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 655-662

  Santos, Nathan ^a   Chatterjee, Susmita ^a   Henry, Andrea ^a   Holgate, Joan ^b   Bartlett, Selena E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 nAChR; Ethanol; Mice; Varenicline

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARENICLINE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEDATION; SLEEP; SUGAR INTAKE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFLEX, RIGHTING; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84875644942     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12009     Document Type: Article

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