Adolescent binge-like ethanol exposure reduces basal α-MSH expression in the hypothalamus and the amygdala of adult rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-74

  Lerma Cabrera, Jose Manuel ^a   Carvajal, Francisca ^a   Alcaraz Iborra, Manuel ^a   De La Fuente, Leticia ^a   Navarro, Montserrat ^b   Thiele, Todd E ^b   Cubero, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; AgRP immunoreactivity; Binge like ethanol; MSH

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA INTERMEDIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS;

AA ALKO; ADOLESCENTS; AGOUTI-RELATED PEPTIDE; AGRP; AGRP IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ALCOHOL RATS; ALCOHOL-PREFERRING RATS; ANA ALKO; ARC; BEC; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; BEP; BINGE-LIKE ETHANOL; BINGE-LIKE ETHANOL PRE-TREATMENT GROUP; BLOOD ETHANOL CONCENTRATION; BNST; BODY WEIGHT; BW; CEA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF AMYGDALA; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CRF; DMH; DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS; HPA; HYPOTHALAMIC ARCUATE NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; IHC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IR; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LH; MC; MC RECEPTORS; MC-R; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOTAN-II; MTII; NAC; NON ALCOHOL RATS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; P; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS; PC1/3; PND; POMC; POSTNATAL DAY; PRO-HORMONE CONVERTASE 1/3; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PVN; SALINE PRE-TREATMENT GROUP; SP; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS; VMH; VTA; Α-MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE; Α-MSH; Β-MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE; Β-MSH; Γ-MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE; Γ-MSH;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-MSH; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHANOL; HYPOTHALAMUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84879815581     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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