Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing α6 subunits contribute to alcohol reward-related behaviours

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 543-553

  Powers, M S ^a   Broderick, H J ^b   Drenan, R M ^b   Chester, J A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6 subunit; Acetylcholine; Alcohol; Conditioned place preference; Confocal microscopy; Dopamine; Drinking; Mice; Nicotinic receptor; Nucleus accumbens; Patch clamp electrophysiology; Reward; Transgenic; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALCOHOL; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA 6; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84879604565     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12042     Document Type: Article

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