Nicotine decreases ethanol-induced dopamine signaling and increases self-administration via stress hormones

Neuron

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 530-540

  Doyon, William M ^a   Dong, Yu ^a   Ostroumov, Alexey ^a   Thomas, Alyse M ^a   Zhang, Tao A ^a   Dani, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; STRESS HORMONE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH CLAMP; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SMOKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HORMONES; MIFEPRISTONE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84881515350     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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